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Dialogue is not conversation.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
A good conversation is not a group of people making a series of statements at each other. (In fact, that’s a bad conversation.) A good conversation is an act of joint exploration. Somebody floats a half-formed idea. Somebody else seizes on the nub of the idea, plays with it, offers her own perspective based on her own memories, and floats it back
... See moreDavid Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Whenever members of an organization come together and have a conversation, there are actually two types of conversation going on. One is manifested in what people are saying publicly. The other is unfolding in each person’s head. Only
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
When leaders—and peers—limit their accountability discussions to private conversations, they leave people wondering whether those discussions are happening. This often leads to unproductive hallway conversations and conjecture about who knows what about whom.
Patrick M. Lencioni • The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business (J-B Lencioni Series)
For example, for a small fee, you could talk with AIs trained on famous people. Today, this is impossible. And if a famous person offers this service, you’re not really talking with them, but with their assistant. Trained AIs will soon be better at mimicking people than their assistants ever could.
How much would you pay to have a conversation with
... See moreTomas Pueyo • Generative AI: What Companies Will Win?
The media and society can be understood as conversations (Jarvis)
most unexpected conversation