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Dialogue Circle Method

"How-to" article describing the method of Dialogue practiced by Angelo John Lewis and his students.

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Radical Listening – 6 Strategies For Deeper Connections - Goodlife Zen

Radical Listening – 6 Strategies For Deeper Connections - Goodlife Zen | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it

"Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf

 

In a recent post, we talked about why you might be undervaluing your listening skills, and how that’s costing you.

In this post, I’ll share some helpful techniques to improve your listening ability.

But before you keep reading, check yourself: how important is listening to you, really?"


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John Michel's curator insight, June 9, 8:11 AM

One of the biggest reasons people don’t listen is that they don’t think it’s important. Unless you decide listening matters for your life, you probably won’t be willing to do the hard work that this post is going to ask of you.

Carolyn Williams's curator insight, June 9, 3:44 PM

Listen and learn ~ great things happen when you hear the message ~ http://www.lifestyle-online.co.uk/blog/2013/02/listen-and-learn/

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When the Voice Inside Your Head Turns Bad.....

When the Voice Inside Your Head Turns Bad..... | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
Empowering yourself to challenge your inner critic.
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Another framework to look at our Ladder of Inference. The inner critic continually gathers data, jumps to conclusions and forms perceptions that are hard-wired and serve as our filters for all future interactions. Schema Therapy can give the inner critic a much-needed vacation. 

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What Being an "Authentic Leader" Really Means

What Being an "Authentic Leader" Really Means | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
It doesn't mean "just do whatever you want, as soon as it occurs to you."
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If you want to open the lines of communication, open your mind and heart first.

David Hain's curator insight, January 30, 2:42 AM

People spot lack of authenticity a mile off.  Do not try to fake it...!

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Systems Thinking As a Spiritual Practice

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Systems thinking can be seen as a spiritual practice because it involves seeing connections, making positive choices, and cultivating strengths.
David Hain's curator insight, December 20, 2012 7:48 AM

The world is a system and we but mere parts, interdependent, interconnected and needing to see the big picture into which we fit as wells as the personal agenda that often seems more urgent and important.

 

A left fioeld though but a very valuable one nonetheless...

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Conversation Agent: Why Listening is Hard and How to Think Critically

Conversation Agent: Why Listening is Hard and How to Think Critically | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
The thought process that guides my work starts with why -- the reasons and or questions that underlie a problem (yes, problem and not opportunity just yet) -- and how to go about breaking it down into parts we can address.
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Listening is hard. When people feel heard they feel less alone, and when they feel less alone they feel less anxious and afraid - and then they are open to the message that I am sending. We have the capacity to transform ourselves from a stranger or an enemy into a friend or an ally. 

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Mental Models & The Way We Make Sense of Things | Facebook

Mental Models & The Way We Make Sense of Things | Facebook | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
A simple introduction to mental models and the ways we each make sense of the world around us. AND how to talk with one another about them.
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Mental models and how we make sense. Find out how it works...

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Change Your Life in 2013 By Shifting Judgment to Curiosity - Forbes

Change Your Life in 2013 By Shifting Judgment to Curiosity - Forbes | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
Want 2013 to be happier and more prosperous than 2012? Try shifting judgment to curiosity.
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Collective Intelligence | Conversation | Edge

Collective Intelligence | Conversation | Edge | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it

Tom Malone's MIT Center for Collective Intelligence is emerging as the single most active researchsite for studying augmented collective intelligence. -- Howard

 

"If we want to predict what's going to happen, especially if we want to be able to take advantage of what's going to happen, we need to understand those possibilities at a much deeper level than we do so far. That's really our goal in the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, which I direct. In fact, one way we frame our core research question there is: How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any person, group or computer has ever done before? If you take that question seriously, the answers you get are often very different from the kinds of organizations and groups we know today."


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add your insight...

 
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Meditation, Happiness and Compassionate Altruism

Meditation, Happiness and Compassionate Altruism | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
Contemplative Practices, Wellbeing, and Kindness to Strangers...

Opening to dialogue
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Bohms original dialogue

Bohms Original DialogueA methodology of dialogue and analysis that is based on civility, dissection ofmeaning of the words of the question leading the dialogue,...
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OSDE: Open Space

Video presentation on Open Spaces in the context of the project 'Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry' by Dr Vanessa Andreotti...
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10 dialogue the place of dialogue in capacity development - maria...

10 Dialogue Dialogue is an essential ingredient of any intervention directed at changing a situa- tion and is a vital compete...
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Suspending Judgment

False beliefs and associations are growth killers. When your mind is cluttered with false information, and you base your beliefs on such falsehoods, you can’t move forward in those particular areas. Your progress remains stunted until you clean up the mental mess

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CM150 Listening: Our Most Used Communications Skill | University of Missouri Extension

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"When you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it." --J. Krishnamurti

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Leading From The Heart

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There is a right way and a wrong way to use the head as well as your heart in leadership.
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Contemplative Dialogue is a way of being that asks that we take a long and loving look at the real. Chris Argyris, Peter Senge, et.al., have given us the Ladder of Inference, and other tools, to be awake and aware and to picture the dignity and worth of each person. Our growth is gauged entirely by our capacity to love and be loved.

As Susan states in this article, "Relationships are built based on respect, growth, cooperation and communication." She also highlights the value of compassion and truth. The emotional connection, and our willingness to be present to the whole person, affirms the sacred worth and value of each and every person.

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#1 Barrier to Leadership – Not Listening

#1 Barrier to Leadership – Not Listening | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
I introduced a series of the Top 10 Barriers to Leadership skills and leadership qualities. I have given a lot of thought to prioritize the top 10.
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Never lose sight of the fact that inside every person is a real person who has the same fundamental needs to be loved and belong as anyone else. Make the person "feel felt" and you too will be transformed into a friend/ally.

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Engaging Impasse

Engaging Impasse | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
welcome to www.engagingimpasse.org; outlines Circles of Contemplation and Dialogue project initiated by Nancy Sylvester, IHM; articles written by Nancy Sylvester, IHM on contemplation, mysticism, impasse, dialogue, globalization, new cosmology,...
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Creating a safe space to speak from the Heart. Non-violent Communication

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Is questioning the starting point of creativity? | A More Beautiful Question

Is questioning the starting point of creativity? | A More Beautiful Question | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
INQUIRY & CREATIVITY
The part of neuroscientist Susan Greenfied’s speech that caught my attention is when she discusses what’s going on in the brain in the first stages of creative thinking.
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I want to know more about the process as "connective inquiry" and the power of community.

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5 Things That Really Smart People Do

5 Things That Really Smart People Do | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
Don't get in the way of your own learning. Here are five ways to step aside and continue to increase your smarts.
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Response to Change #5: Non-Judgement & Embracement

Response to Change #5: Non-Judgement & Embracement | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
Your response to change may be to embrace it and to create opportunity. First, do not hold on an assumption based on one negative experience. Use your self leadership skills as a building block for future experiences.
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Barbara Reid on Ministering as a Contemplative Presence in a Chaotic World

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Sister Barbara Reid, O.P., Vice President, Academic Dean, & Professor of New Testament Studies presents Ministering as a Contemplative Presence in a Chaotic World during the 2011 Alumae/i Reunio (Barbara Reid on Ministering as a Contemplative Presence...
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Why it is so hard to see the world as it is

Why it is so hard to see the world as it is | Contemplative Dialogue | Scoop.it
  The toughest challenge is seeing the world as it actually is, instead of how we want it to be.
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Dialogue Circle Method

"How-to" article describing the method of Dialogue practiced by Angelo John Lewis and his students.

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Dialog: the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society

From the Quaker tradition, Claremont Dialog refers to a format in which the opportunity to speak passes systematically around the circle, in a similar manner to council circle. Friends may pass or speak as they choose. Silence for reflection often follows each contributio

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Core Belief Dialogue

The very process of formulating our core beliefs, so that we can express them to others, will help us better understand ourselves. Suspending judgment, suspending assumptions, and listening to others express their core beliefs will give us new ways of understanding our ourselves. Through increased mutual understanding, from core belief dialogue, we will live and work better as a community.

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