Juanita Brown is the founder of Whole Systems Associates, an international consortium of professionals dedicated to strategic inquiry and the renewal of complex systems. With her partner, David Isaacs, she is also the co-originator of The World Café An introduction to the World Café | Juanita Brown. LinkedinJuanita BrownYouTubeJuanita BrownGoogleJuanita BrownPosts: Juanita BrownThe Differences Between … Continue reading Juanita Brown Co-originator of The World Café
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 Books: Thomas J. Hurley, Juanita BrownConversational Leadership: Thinking Together for a Change Thomas J. Hurley and Juanita Brown (2010)Papers: Thomas J. Hurley, Juanita BrownConversational Leadership: Thinking Together for … Continue reading Conversational Leadership: Thinking Together for a Change Thomas J. Hurley and Juanita Brown (2010)
Gurteen Knowledge Blog March 12, 2021, 11:26I recently posted this quotation from Edward de Bono in my LinkedIn feed. I’m afraid I have to disagree that it is a flaw in the scientific method. Still, it’s an interesting thought and has had a mixture of comments on LinkedIn, some supporting the view, others disagreeing. Take a … Continue reading A Flaw in the Scientific Method? Edward de Bono
The World Café is an innovative methodology for dialogic inquiry, collaborative learning, and knowledge creation. It is also an evocative metaphor enabling us to notice the generative power of conversation in human systems at increasing levels of scale. The World Café illuminates the ways in which dynamic networks of conversation and social learning enable us … Continue reading The World Café Juanita Brown (2001)
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 Dialogic Organization Development From a dialogic perspective, change results from transformational conversations Knowledge Café: Design Checklist Knowledge Cafés should be thoughtfully designed Knowledge Café: Naming You don’t have … Continue reading The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs (2005)
Knowledge Cafés at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Groucho Club Sales Café Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter This is a story written by Alison Jones, a Knowledge Manager at PSMA Australia, in which she explains how she adapted the Knowledge Café process to run a Knowledge Management forum. In 2019, I joined PSMA … Continue reading Knowledge Cafés at PSMA Australia Using the Knowledge Café process to run a Knowledge Management Forum
Knowledge Café: Duration Knowledge Café: Who to Invite Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The term Knowledge Café is a generic name for a conversational method that has many variations. In this blook, I describe the way that I run a Knowledge Café, and I call this process the Gurteen Knowledge Café. I have … Continue reading Knowledge Café: Naming You don’t have to call it a Knowledge Café
In a Knowledge Café, anything that gets in the way of the free flow of the conversation is a bad thing and should be eliminated. Another principle is that everyone is equal. Flip-charts and butcher paper on tables contravene both of these principles, and in general, you should avoid their use. Continue reading Knowledge Café: No Flip Charts or Butcher Paper They get in the way of the conversation – avoid them
What’s New About the Knowledge Café? Knowledge Café Outcomes Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter It all began on September 5th, 2002, at the Strand Palace Hotel on the Strand in central London. Not far from Trafalgar Square. Eighteen people attended my very first Knowledge Café. The idea for the Café had started to … Continue reading Knowledge Café History It began on September 5th, 2002 at the Strand Palace Hotel in London
Knowledge Café: the Talk Knowledge Café: Small Group Conversations Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter In a Knowledge Café, there are not any table hosts. Unlike the World Café, where a table host remains at a table for all of the rounds of small group conversation to welcome the new set of people and … Continue reading Knowledge Café: Table Hosts In a Knowledge Café there are no table hosts
Knowledge Cafés and Communities of Practice ** Videos: Knowledge Cafés Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Although the World Café and the Knowledge Café may seem similar at first glance, they have several significant differences. Although the World Café and the Knowledge Café are different, there is so much variation in practice in the … Continue reading The Differences Between the Knowledge Café and the World Café There are some significant differences
Unhurried Conversations ** Introduction: Conversational Methods Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The World Café is a structured conversational process intended to facilitate open and intimate discussion, and link ideas within a larger group to access the “collective intelligence” or collective wisdom in the room. World Café Description The World Café is a structured conversational process … Continue reading World Café A conversational process intended to facilitate open and intimate discussion
