Leading Libraries Series: Leading for Dialogue
Skilful conversing
Resource list
Web accessible articles
David Kantor’s major work on group structural dynamics Reading the Room
William Isaacs' combination of his own work on dialogue and Kantor's model, 'Dialogue: The power of collective thinking' on The Systems
Thinker website
A description of the use of four player model to understand team dynamics, 'Taking the teeth out of team traps' by Alan Slobodnik and Kristina
Weil for The Systems Thinker
Videos
A short video from David Kantor describing his theory Structural Dynamics: Using Conversational Cues to Lead More Effectively presented by strategyandbusiness
For an alternative take on the Four Player model (presented by Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain. www.lizardbrain.com) - watch the first 7m30s of Reading the room - Channeling the power of group dynamics for the basics - keep going if you want to explore further
Module materials
Slide pack: Choiceful conversations
Reflective exercises:
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