Gurteen Knowledge Blog March 22, 2024, 10:50In most conferences and seminars, the audience passively listens to speakers without a chance to discuss insights together. But with one simple tweak, you can transform any talk into a conversational experience. Rather than a one-way information download, allot 5 or 10 minutes for attendees to reflect on your main … Continue reading Conversational Presentations Making talks conversational with one simple tweak
Gurteen Knowledge Blog March 24, 2025, 13:45People learn differently, and the way we engage with knowledge shapes understanding. Traditional teaching often focuses on delivering information, but peer instruction and peer learning offer more active, discussion-based approaches. While both involve collaboration, they serve different purposes—one clarifies known concepts, while the other explores complex, uncertain ideas. Understanding these … Continue reading How We Learn Together Peer Instruction vs. Peer Learning
Introduction: Conversational Methods Anecdote Circles 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 It’s easy to move from one activity to the next without pausing to reflect. This absence of reflection often results in repeated mistakes and missed opportunities … Continue reading Improving Performance with After-action Reviews Building a culture of improvement
Introduction: Conversational Learning The Power of Peer Learning 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 Traditional lectures often fail to engage students in real understanding. People need more than just information—they need to make sense of it through … Continue reading The Power of Peer Instruction Why explaining ideas to others leads to deeper learning
The Power of Peer Instruction Peer Instruction Vs. Peer Learning 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 People learn best when they share ideas and experiences. Traditional learning often focuses too much on passive instruction, missing the value … Continue reading The Power of Peer Learning Why learning from each other leads to deeper understanding and better problem-solving
A Conversation Dinner in Turin Knowledge Cafés at the European Patent Office 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 The Huawei Break the Book Community is a Reading Group Café – a simple but powerful example of peer learning that … Continue reading The Huawei Break the Book Community A powerful example of peer learning
Dialogic Organization Development The Power of Team Huddles 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 Flipped teaching reverses, or “flips”, traditional in-class lectures and homework. Students watch the teacher’s prerecorded lecture at home, and in-class time is used … Continue reading Flipped Teaching Speech is a bad medium for communicating information – so watch lectures at home
The Power of Peer Learning Sharing Knowledge Through Conversation 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 People learn differently, and how they engage with knowledge shapes their understanding. Traditional teaching methods often focus on delivering information rather than … Continue reading Peer Instruction Vs. Peer Learning Rethinking how we learn and lead
