This curated collection of videos explores the power of conversation in shaping leadership, knowledge sharing, and societal discourse. Whether directly focused on Conversational Leadership or touching on themes of reasoning, dialogue, and decision-making, these videos offer insights from thought leaders, scholars, and practitioners across various domains.
From Steven Pinker’s reflections on enlightenment and Celeste Headlee’s advice on meaningful conversations to David Gurteen’s work on Knowledge Cafés and Daniel Schmachtenberger’s deep dives into sensemaking, this list brings together diverse perspectives on how conversation fuels learning, innovation, and change.
Browse the list to discover thought-provoking talks, discussions, and interviews that challenge assumptions, spark new ideas, and enhance your understanding of conversation’s role in leadership and society.
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There are 117 videos in the list below.
- A New Enlightenment Steven Pinker (2020)
- APM Conference: Conversational Leadership David Gurteen (2016)
- Are Smart People Ruining Democracy? Dan Kahan (2018)
- Audience Conversation at a Talk on Knowledge Sharing Dubai, 2016
- Audience Conversation at an ECKM Conference Barcelona, 2017
- Audience Conversation at EC Knowledge Week Brussels, 2018
- Authority Verses Responsibility Seth Godin (2018)
- Become an Intellectual Explorer: Master the Art of Conversation Emily Chamlee-Wright
- Before I Die I Want to … Kalina Silverman, 2014
- Breaking the Habit of Smalltalk Omid Scheybani, 2015
- Carl Sagan – Prophetic Last Interview Carl Sagan (1995)
- Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina David Gurteen (2024)
- Chicken, Chicken, Chicken Doug Zongker, February 2007
- Conversation Covenant Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- Conversational Leadership David Gurteen, 2019
- Conversational Leadership Elizabeth Linder, 2013https://conversational-leadership.net/video/video-conversational-leadership-elizabeth-linder/
- Conversational Leadership and the Power of Knowledge Cafés David Gurteen, February 2018
- Delivering Innovation Through Conversation David Gurteen, 2022
- Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? Steven Johnson (2009)
- EC Knowledge Week Interview on Conversational Leadership David Gurteen, 2018
- Emergence Daniel Schmachtenberger (2016)
- Free Speech Christopher Hitchens, 2006
- Free Speech Vs. the New Intolerance Rowan Atkinson, 2018
- Great Leadership Is a Network, Not a Hierarchy Gitte Frederiksen (2022)
- Gurteen Knowledge Cafe in Sydney David Gurteen (2007)
- Gurteen Knowledge Cafe KM Egypt, Cairo David Gurteen, 2010
- Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Smartlab at the University of East London David Gurteen, 2006
- Gurteen Knowledge Café: KMPAP 2006 in Hong Kong Hong Kong, 2006
- Gurteen Knowledge Café: London London, 2010
- Harvard Commencement Speech Oprah Winfrey (2013)
- How and Why We Reason Hugo Mercier (2015)
- How Best to Secure Continuous Innovation? David Gurteen (2010)
- How Can Groups Make Good Decisions? Mariano Sigman and Dan Ariely (2017)
- How Do You Make People Share? David Gurteen (2005)
- How Measures Distort Behaviour David Gurteen (2005)
- How to Change Your Thinking with Daniel Schmachtenberger Aubrey Marcus
- How to Disagree Productively and Find Common Ground Julia Dhar
- How to Have a Good Conversation Celeste Headlee (2015)
- How to Have Constructive Conversations Julia Dhar
- How to Organize a Children’s Party Dave Snowden
- How to Skip the Small Talk and Connect with Anyone Kalina Silverman, February 2016
- How Your Power Silences Truth Megan Reitz
- Ian Leslie on Conflicted Ian Leslie (2021)
- Impossible Conversations Peter Boghossian (2019)
- In Search of the Third Attractor (part 1) Daniel Schmachtenberger (2022)
- In Search of the Third Attractor (part 2) Daniel Schmachtenberger (2022)
- In the Age of AI #1: What Is Knowledge? Friday 20th December 2024
- In the Age of AI #2: What Is Conversation? Thursday 20th February 2025
- In the Age of AI #3: What Is Reason? Thursday 13th March 2025
- Influence Change at Any Level Simon Sinek (2024)
- Interview with David Gurteen by Jonathan Norman Jonathan Norman, David Gurteen, 2018
- Introduction to Conversational Leadership Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- Johnson & Johnson Knowledge Café in Cork, Ireland David Gurteen, 2015
- Jordan Peterson on Freedom of Speech Jordan Peterson, 2017
- Jordan Peterson on Responsibility Jordan Peterson
- Keynote Talk, Dubai Forum for Government Best Practice David Gurteen, 2014
- Knowledge Café – KM UK 2013 David Gurteen, London (2013)
- Knowledge Café at the Knowledge Management Society Indonesia David Gurteen, Bandung, Indonesia, September 2014
- Knowledge Café for Worcestershire Innovation David Gurteen, 2017
- Knowledge Sharing, KHDA, Dubai, 2013 David Gurteen
- Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Ronald Heifetz (2019)
- Leadership: the Capacity of a Human Community to Shape Its Future Peter Senge (2012)
- Listening to Learn Jennifer Garvey Berger (2017)
- Love Your Enemies — Disagree Better, Not Less Arthur Brooks
- Love Your Enemies — Say No to Contempt Arthur Brooks
- Making Sense of Complexity – an Introduction to Cynefin Jennifer Garvey Berger (2017)
- Meeting of Minds Video Short
- On Leadership … with Christien Oudshoorn Joep C de Jong
- Organizations as Communities Henry Mintzberg (2013)
- Peter Block on Accountability Peter Block
- Polarisation Vs Democracy Matthew Taylor
- Rethinking Our Beliefs Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- RSA Knowledge Café Conversation at a Gurteen Knowledge Cafe Workshop, London, December 2011
- Rule Omega Jordan Greenhall, Daniel Schmachtenberger, and Jamie Wheal (2019)
- Safe-to-fail Experiments Jennifer Garvey Berger (2018)
- Sharing Tacit Knowledge with the Knowledge Café David Gurteen, 2022
- Singapore Knowledge Café David Gurteen, 2012
- Smarter Online Conversations David Gurteen, 2014
- Speak Last Video short
- Speech Has Allowed Human Beings to Work Together to Build the Impossible Stephen Hawking, 1994
- Strategic Conversations Bruce Strong and J.-C. Spender (2015)
- Talk More Video short
- Talk on Conversational Leadership at EC Knowledge Week David Gurteen, 2018
- The Argumentative Theory of Human Reason Reasoning was designed by evolution to help us win arguments
- The Art of Asking the Right Questions Tim Ferriss, Warren Berger, Hope Jahren & more
- The Art of Conversation Theodore Zeldin, June 2015
- The Cynefin Framework Dave Snowden
- The Future of Reasoning Michael Stevens
- The Gamification of Public Discourse C Thi Nguyen (2019)
- The Good Faith Principle Julia Galef, 2017
- The Knowledge Illusion Steven Sloman (April 2017)
- The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge Peter B. Kaufman
- The New Enligthenment Ashley Hodgson (2023)
- The Socratic Method in the Western Tradition Peter Boghossian (2023)
- The War on Sensemaking I Daniel Schmachtenberger (2019)
- The War on Sensemaking II Daniel Schmachtenberger (2019)
- The War on Sensemaking III, the Infinite Game Jamie Wheal (2020)
- The War on Sensemaking IV, Pandemic & Conspiracy Daniel Schmachtenberger (2020)
- The War on Sensemaking V Daniel Schmachtenberger (2020)
- The Way Forward Peter Boghossian (2019)
- Together • Ensemble Dream Big for Europe David Gurteen, Obhi Chatterjee & Julie Guégan
- Two Pillars of Truth Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- Two Worlds Podcast generated by NotebookLM
- We Are Not Enemies Arnold Schwarzenegger (2016)
- We Each Perceive Things Differently Nora Bateson, Tim Keanini
- What Are the the Best Circumstances for Thriving Innovation? David Gurteen (2010)
- What I Learnt as International Czar David Gurteen (2005)
- What Is the Work of Leadership? Patricia Shaw (2010)
- When a Student Asks About JK Rowling This Happens Warren Smith
- When Innovation Should Take Place? David Gurteen (2010)
- Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson (2010)
- Who Should Drive Innovation? David Gurteen (2010)
- Why Do We Believe Things That Aren’t True? Philip Fernbach (2017)
- Why Knowledge Cafes Work David Gurteen (2013)
- Why We Hate Our Political Enemies — and How to Stop Arthur Brooks
- Why You Think You’re Right – Even If You’re Wrong Julia Galef (2016)
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