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Posts where this video is embedded David Gurteen Biography Speaker, writer and conversational hostPeople: David Gurteen (1)David Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitatorBooks: David Gurteen (80)A Conversation Architect Designs Strategic Conversations David GurteenBeing Truthful Versus Telling the Truth David GurteenChatbot Constraints David GurteenChatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina David Gurteen (2024)Chatbots Continue reading APM Conference: Conversational Leadership David Gurteen (2016)
David Gurteen talks with Nick Stone about Conversational Leadership People: David Gurteen (1)David Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitatorBooks: David Gurteen (80)A Conversation Architect Designs Strategic Conversations David GurteenAPM Conference: Conversational Leadership David Gurteen (2016)Being Truthful Versus Telling the Truth David GurteenChatbot Constraints David GurteenChatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina Continue reading Conversational Leadership David Gurteen, 2019
Conversation: the heartbeat of our organisations. Right now, we’re at risk of losing the art of doing it well. We need to radically change how we talk to each other, to create workplaces where people feel they belong and can thrive. This book will help you understand how to grow your conversational wisdom to create Continue reading Conversational Wisdom: Strengthening Human Connection Through the Power of Conversation Emily Cosgrove and Sara Hope (2023)
One of the ways of thinking about leadership is thinking about convening conversations that might not happen otherwise. | Patricia Shaw Continue reading Convening Conversations That Might Not Happen Otherwise Patricia Shaw
Ted Cadsby is an author and researcher, writer and speaker on complexity and decision-making. I don’t know Ted and although he does not use the term Conversational Leadership, he does get close when he talks about Complex Leadership. He is one of a handful of people who are writing and talking about the power of Continue reading Ted Cadsby Author and researcher, writer and speaker on complexity and decision-making.
Posts where this video is embedded Sam Harris’s “Great Problem” and Conversational Leadership The vital connectionBooks: Sam Harris (1)The Challenge of Open Dialogue in an Age of Technological Division Sam Harris (2025)Quotations: Sam Harris (1)The Challenge of Open Dialogue in an Age of Technological Division Sam Harris (2025)Tags: conversational leadership (49) | Sam Harris (5) Singapore Continue reading The Great Problem of Our Time Sam Harris (2025)
Knowledge Management helps us organise and share information, but it cannot do the thinking for us. Knowledge only comes alive when people talk, question, and reason together. By practising Conversational Leadership, we build on Knowledge Management and actively engage our collective intelligence. | David Gurteen Continue reading Knowledge Management Is Not Enough David Gurteen
Authors Thomas J. Hurley and Juanita Brown. Paper Conversational Leadership, Organizational Identification, and Social Motivation: A Field Descriptive Study in Two Organizations Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles Tags: conversational leadership (49) | Juanita Brown (7) | Thomas J. Hurley (1) | world cafe (12)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney (Public Domain)This page is part of a Continue reading Conversational Leadership: Thinking Together for a Change Thomas J. Hurley and Juanita Brown (2010)
Interview at the European Commission Knowledge Week in Brussels, June 2018 People: David Gurteen (1)David Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitatorBooks: David Gurteen (80)A Conversation Architect Designs Strategic Conversations David GurteenAPM Conference: Conversational Leadership David Gurteen (2016)Being Truthful Versus Telling the Truth David GurteenChatbot Constraints David GurteenChatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Continue reading EC Knowledge Week Interview on Conversational Leadership David Gurteen, 2018
video player Together • Ensemble 2021 | David Gurteen, Obhi Chatterjee & Julie Guégan David Gurteen in conversation with Obhi Chatterjee (head of the learning technologies department of the European Commission and Julie Guégan (author and expert in collaboration and systems innovation) as part of the Together-Ensemble workshop with the staff of the European Institutions Continue reading Together • Ensemble Dream Big for Europe David Gurteen, Obhi Chatterjee & Julie Guégan
In an interview (2018), I discuss Conversational Leadership with Jonathan Norman. Tags: conversational leadership (49) | David Gurteen (93) EC Knowledge Week Interview on Conversational Leadership Knowledge Café for Worcestershire Innovation Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney (Public Domain)This page is part of a blook on Conversational Leadership. Parts of this book have restricted access. You can Continue reading Interview with David Gurteen by Jonathan Norman Jonathan Norman, David Gurteen, 2018
To me, leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room, but instead being the bridge, or the thing that is missing in the discussion and trying to build a consensus from there. | Jacinda Ardern Continue reading Leadership Is Not About Being the Loudest in the Room Jacinda Ardern
Conversational Leadership is about how we respond to the complexity of the world we’re living in. It’s about taking responsibility for the changes we want to see, and recognising that none of us can do that alone. By practising leadership through dialogue, we bring in different perspectives, we listen, we question, and we learn and think together. In this way, dialogue becomes the means by which … | David Gurteen Continue reading What Is Conversational Leadership? David Gurteen
In this book, Creating Conversational Leadership, John Hovell makes the case that our global society needs the new fields of Knowledge Management/Knowledge Services, Organization Development, Diversity & Inclusion, and Conversational Leadership. These are remarkable tools, management methodologies, and personally rewarding techniques for working professionals, managers, and all levels of leadership. These new fields described in Continue reading Creating Conversational Leadership by John Hovell
Conversational leadership | Elizabeth Linder Tags: conversational leadership (49) Knowledge Café for Worcestershire Innovation How to Have a Good Conversation Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney (Public Domain)This page is part of a blook on Conversational Leadership. Parts of this book have restricted access. You can learn more about the book and how to obtain full access Continue reading Conversational Leadership Elizabeth Linder (2013)
Conversational leadership, organizational identification, and social motivation: A field descriptive study in two organizations Conversational Leadership and Racial Equity Conversational Leadership: Thinking Together for a Change Posts that link to this paper The History of Conversational Leadership 1985 to todayTags: conversational leadership (49)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney (Public Domain)This page is part of a blook Continue reading Conversational Leadership, Organizational Identification, and Social Motivation: A Field Descriptive Study in Two Organizations Kevin Barge (1985)
Nancy Dixon is a researcher and consultant who focuses on the people side of knowledge management. Nancy is a good friend and we are working closely together along with John Hovell to develop the concept of Conversational Leadership. Sharing Tacit Knowledge – the story about Xerox Copy Repair Technicians | Nancy Dixon WebsiteCommon Knowledge AssociatesLinkedinNancy DixonBlogConversation Continue reading Nancy Dixon Researcher and consultant
Conversational leadership is an approach to working together, emphasizing on the power of conversation. What are the conversations that enable and disable the quality and performance of work? As an individual, as a group or team and as an entire organization. Given the stage you are in, what are the conversations that need to stop, to start or to change? Conversational leadership does not mean … | David Whyte Continue reading Conversational Leadership Is an Approach to Working Together David Whyte
John Hovell is a practitioner, speaker, and author in OD/KM strategies. John is a good friend; we are working closely to develop . LinkedinJohn HovellX (Twitter)@klowey22YouTubeJohn HovellGoogleJohn HovellPosts: John Hovell (2)C-group Develop your interpersonal and conversational skillsThree Questions for Meaningful Conversations Clarify focus, approach, and community-building in discussionsBooks: John Hovell (3)C-group Develop your interpersonal and Continue reading John Hovell Practitioner, speaker, and author in OD/KM strategies
Conversational leadership takes root when leaders see their organizations as dynamic webs of conversation and consider conversation as a core process for effecting positive systemic change. Taking a strategic approach to this core process can not only grow intellectual and social capital, but also provide a collaborative advantage in our … | Juanita Brown & David Isaacs Continue reading Organizations as Dynamic Webs of Conversation Juanita Brown and David Isaacs
Conversational leadership replaces the simplicity of monologue with the unpredictable vitality of dialogue. Conversation is open and fluid rather than closed and directive. To make it work, leaders need to cultivate the art of listening to people at all levels, and speaking with them directly and authentically. | Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Continue reading Conversational Leadership Replaces Monologue with Dialogue Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind, 2012
We live in a world shaped by rapid change and growing complexity. Traditional leadership models often fall short in helping us respond wisely and collectively. Conversational Leadership offers a practical approach to leadership, initiating the kinds of conversations that help us make sense, act together, and adapt. Continue reading Introduction: Conversational Leadership Conversational Leadership
How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the “magic” — the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement—that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more executives have discovered in recent years, the answer to this conundrum lies Continue reading Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations by Boris Groysberg, Michael Slind (2012)
AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission when you purchase a book via this site. Posts where this book is embedded The History of Conversational Leadership 1985 to today Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Tags: conversational leadership Continue reading Talk Is Not! Cheap: the Art of Conversation Leadership by Jim McCann (2014)
AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCzech RepublicEgyptFranceGermanyGlobalIndiaItalyJapanMexicoNetherlandsPolandSaudia ArabiaSingaporeSpainTurkeyUAEUnited KingdomUnited States As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission when you purchase a book via this site. Knowledge Café: Create an Environment for Successful Knowledge Management Leadership in Complexity and Change: for a World in Constant Motion Tags: conversational leadership (49) | leadership (76)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Midjourney Continue reading Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders by Alan S. Berson, Richard G. Stieglitz
Knowledge has long been seen as power. Yet knowing something and being able to act on it are very different. Real power comes from applying what we know, working with others, and influencing those who can make change happen. Knowledge only matters when it leads to action. Continue reading Knowledge Is Not Power Our ability to influence people is power
Knowledge Management has evolved since the mid-90s, shifting from managing information to building collective knowledge. The challenge lies in adapting KM practices to meet today’s complex needs. A four-level framework can provide a structured approach, helping organizations move from information management to supporting agency and communityship. Continue reading The Four Levels of Knowledge Management The relation between Conversational Leadership and Knowledge Management
A video recorded at the European Commission Knowledge Week in Brussels, June 2018, of a talk I gave on Conversational leadership. Posts where this video is embedded Conversational Leadership by David Gurteen David Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitator David Gurteen Biography Speaker, writer and conversational hostPeople: David Gurteen (1)David Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitatorBooks: Continue reading Talk on Conversational Leadership at EC Knowledge Week David Gurteen, 2018
There are many misconceptions and myths surrounding Conversational Leadership. To clarify the practice, this section presents a series of frequently asked questions, each accompanied by a response. Continue reading Frequently Asked Questions About Conversational Leadership Conversational Leadership: Key points and myths
Tags: conversational leadership (49)Google Web Search This page is part of a blook on Conversational Leadership. Parts of this book have restricted access. You can learn more about the book and how to obtain full access on the home page. Continue reading Conversational Leadership All Events Talks, Knowledge Cafés and Workshops
Sam Harris describes conversation as the only real alternative to violence. But today, meaningful dialogue is rare, especially across difference. Conversational Leadership offers a way to rebuild that possibility through everyday practices of listening, questioning, and staying present. Continue reading Sam Harris’s “Great Problem” and Conversational Leadership The vital connection
John Hovell, and I (David Gurteen) share a deep interest in the power of conversation, particularly through an approach we’ve been co-developing over the years—. Most Thursdays, we meet for a casual chat at 9:15 AM Washington DC time (2:15 PM London time) to explore different facets of this idea. Starting April 24, we’ll be Continue reading In Conversation Podcast David Gurteen and John Hovell “In Conversation”
Conversations shape how we understand and adapt to change. When dialogue is restricted by rigid goals or constrained by fixed plans and schedules, creativity, and insight are often lost. By embracing a flexible, direction-focused approach and allowing the process to unfold naturally, conversations can become dynamic and responsive, leading to richer insights and more innovative outcomes. Continue reading The Vector of Great Conversations A parallel between the vector theory of change and conversational leadership
Conversational Leadership is a relatively young, rapidly evolving discipline. Although much has been written about the power of conversation over the years, I am interested here in published material that refers specifically to the term Conversational Leadership or closely related concepts. Continue reading The History of Conversational Leadership 1985 to today
What is the most powerful technology ever invented? Electricity, the Internet, nuclear power, the printing press or something different? Continue reading Our Most Powerful Technology Is Conversation Conversation – an overlooked technology
Speak Last Turn Monologues Into Dialogues Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Speak in plain language: The language of many professionals is highly specialized and full of unnecessary jargon. This alienates many laypeople and those in other Continue reading Speak in Plain Language We should use everyday natural language that everyone understands.
