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The Art of Conversation: All of us are smarter than any of us
The Art of Conversation: All of us are smarter than any of us
Keith De La RueKeith De La Ruehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dragunsk/
Conversationdoesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards – Theodore Zeldin
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Prepare to change
What we say shapes what we do
Prepare to change
What we say shapes what we do
Conversation is creativeConversation is creative
Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups - Woolley et al, 2010
Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups - Woolley et al, 2010
Collective intelligence
SensitivitySensitivity
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EqualityEquality
Women and conversationWomen and conversation
More sensitivityMore sensitivityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cmi_managers/
The IdeaMonopoly?
Not a top-down business meeting
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Conversation and innovation
Progress is more about one door leading to another door - Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From
Sharing and recombining ideas-> Conversation
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The adjacent possibleThe adjacent possible
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… Don’t isolate the genius in the laboratory!
… Don’t isolate the genius in the laboratory!
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Friends with cognitive benefits - Ybarra et al, 2010Friends with cognitive benefits - Ybarra et al, 2010
Talking to others can improve individual mental function
Talking to others can improve individual mental function
Brief, friendly conversationsImprove executive function – Working memory, focus
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Put yourself in other shoesPut yourself in other shoes http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoonabar/
Get people together in conversationGet people together in conversation
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CommunityCommunity
Conversations for knowledge sharingand innovation – the café concept
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Conversational toolsConversational tools
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Microblogging
http://www.yammer.com/
Networking, awareness, chat
http://www.facebook.com/smcmelb
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Facing complexity in organisationsEngaging people
Facing complexity in organisationsEngaging people
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The meeting test
• Have we all been introduced?• Is everyone open and willing to change?• Are we all taking equal turns?• Is the talk friendly and constructive?• Do we have sufficiently diverse viewpoints?
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Let’s talk about it…
The Art of ConversationThomson-Reuters Online Currents(2011) 25 OLC 55 – April
Let’s talk about it…
The Art of ConversationThomson-Reuters Online Currents(2011) 25 OLC 55 – April
@kdelarue 0418 51 7676
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