Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
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Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
Miscommunication occurs when people are having different kinds of conversations. If you are speaking emotionally, while I’m talking practically, we are, in essence, using different cognitive languages.
Charles Duhigg • Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Most people spend most of their time engaged in monologue – either i) debate, or ii) skilled conversation. Either way, they are invested, wittingly or otherwise, in defending a position rather than truly trying to hear and see the other person
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
Bohm believed that the alternative way toward understanding a whole arises through participation rather than abstraction. “A different kind of consciousness is possible among us, a participatory consciousness.” In a genuine dialogue, “each person is participating, is partaking of the whole meaning of the group and also taking part in it.” This is n
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