Dialogue: The Art Of Thinking Together

This was a very interesting book. I had to buy it for my Dialogue Class and I feel I learned a lot about how dialogue is created, shaped, and communicated. My professor said that less then 5% of the country studies and learns about dialogue which is very interesting because its something we do day in and day out.If you would like to become a more attuned communicated I would recommend this book

I have this book in hardback and wanted a kindle version. This is a great book for understanding the importance of really listening and communicating towards finding a workable resolution. It talks a lot about the value of empathy. I wish more folks would embrace this way of life. It's an easy read.

This is the most powerful book that I've read in years. The depth of understanding on how to create powerful, meaningful conversations at work, home and in all relationships is here. We are in a society and environment where things are moving so fast that we have lost the patience and trust for carrying on meaningful conversations. Instead we have ping pong ball conversations that barely get below the surface to deep, common insight. Then we try to solve the problem without having agreement of what the problem is. Read this book and understand this lost and important art of dialogue, the art of thinking together.

This is a remarkable book that explains why I had failed over the years to reach satisfactory agreements with labour unions. For over a decade, I worked as an HR Manager and dealt with Labour Unions intensively to reach collective bargaining agreements that affected thousands of people. I wished I had known then the four principles and practices laid out in the book. It would have helped me carry out more dialogues and avoided me the pain of endless discussions, sterile debates and heated arguments in which I found myself throughout the years. A book that is written by a man full of experience in this field of knowledge. A book written in a language that is easy to understand and full of real life examples. This is a book that has inspired me to look more often inside myself to better assess the quality of my inner conversations before engaging myself with outer conversations.

I have not finished the book so I am waiting for suggestions on how to utilize the concepts, but it is clear and well written.The basis for a true democracy is the sharing of ideas and looking for the best way to solve issues. We have truly lost that art in a society that likes to beat people into submission with the legal positions, economic positions etc.We have become bullies of ideas, not liberators for truth. Thinking together...what a concept.

Isaacs' work is relevant and essential in the 21st century - we must continue to find ways to engage in dialogue with and about the technology in our lives and work.

It is awash with wisdom and useful advice, but there is such an excess of information, that you might drown while searching for the highlights.

I gained a better understanding and took away a new outlook on communication. I suggest to anyone looking to expand their knowledge and skills on this art of thinking tight.

This book and David Bohm's On Dialogue are the two books that have helped shift me from being an argumentative little **** to somebody who is not seeking to win an argument but to build ideas. Suddenly my world opened. Suddenly people with diverse ideas came forward and engaged with me. Suddenly I was excited dialoguing with others. Suddenly my world changed.

I loved this book.It's a little hard going in some places (linking dialogue to David Bohm for example) but it's worth buying just for the earlier chapters on what goes wrong in conversations.Later on Bill Isaacs who worked on MIT's dialogue project gives many real life experiences and case-studies as well as delving deep into how dialogue really can change the world.

For anyone wishing to improve their living of dialogue this book is very helpful.It gradually leads the reader into a deeper understanding of four main aspects ofdialogue - listening, respecting, suspending and voicing and gives helpful exercises- particularly good are the questions that are most helpful for self-reflection.

This book spoke to me on so many level it made me to write something. I have never done it before. It is not a quick read.

Es interesante , la postura de dialogar frente al autoritarismo presente en muchas empresas, algunas veces se vuelve repetitivo con los ejemplos, pero es una lectura recomendada, falta la version en Español, ya q el ingles es bastante formal y cuesta un poco entender en algunos apartados.