Category Archives: Conversations

Collaborative Relationships and Dialogic Conversations – Ideas for a Relationally Responsive Practice

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Giorgio Bertini

Knowledge and language are contextualized social, cultural, historical, and communal processes. Creating theories, ideas, truths, beliefs, realities, or how-tos is an interactive interpretive process of social discourse that occurs within knowledge communities and is produced in language; all parties contribute … Continue reading →

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Three core practices for creative leadership

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read From an interview with my dear friend Peggy Holman on enhancing creative leadership: Q: What is one practice that people could start applying today to bring more creativity into their work or their business organization? Holman: If I were … Continue reading →

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Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community – Changing the Nature of the Conversation

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read This booklet is written for citizens who care for the well being of their community. It is for those people who want to live in a neighborhood and a city that works for all its citizens and who have … Continue reading →

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The role of Dialogue Conferences in the Development of Learning Regions

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Something very special happens when people from a region come into living contact with each other, face-to-face. In responding not only to each other’s uniqueness, but also to the unique features of their shared surroundings, they create between … Continue reading →