The World Cafe shaping our futures through conversations that matter

The World Cafe is a flexible, easy-to-use process for fostering collaborative dialogue, sharing mutual knowledge, and discovering new opportunities for action. Based on living systems thinking, this innovative approach creates dynamic networks of conversation that can catalyze an organization or com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brown, Juanita, 1944- (-)
Otros Autores: Isaacs, David, 1938-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers c2005.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009626938606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS; FOREWORD: We Can Be Wise Only Together; INTRODUCTION: Beginning the Conversation: An Invitation to the World Café; CHAPTER ONE: Seeing the Invisible: Conversation Matters!; Discovering the World Café: The Intellectual Capital Pioneers; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER TWO: Conversation as a Core Process: Co-Creating Business and Social Value; Creating a Culture of Dialogue: Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa Bay; It's Win-Win All the Way: Sanofi-Synthelabo, Canada; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection
  • CHAPTER THREE: Principle 1: Set the Context De Congreso a Conversación (From Conference to Conversation): Mexico's National Fund for Social Enterprise; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER FOUR: Principle 2: Create Hospitable Space; A System Thinking Together: The Pegasus Systems Thinking in Action Conference; Perspectives and Observations; Building on Traditions of Dialogue: Saudi Aramco; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER FIVE: Principle 3: Explore Questions That Matter; A Café on Questions; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection
  • CHAPTER SIX: Principle 4: Encourage Everyone's Contribution Every Voice Counts: Fostering a Culture of Contribution: The Financial Planning Association; Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER SEVEN: Principle 5: Cross-Pollinate and Connect Diverse Perspectives; The Peace Café: University of Victoria Law School; Perspectives and Observations; Suddenly, It Crystallized: The Fielding Graduate Institute; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER EIGHT: Principle 6: Listen Together for Patterns, Insights, and Deeper Questions
  • What's in the Middle of the Table? Scandinavian Sustainability Forum Perspectives and Observations; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER NINE: Principle 7: Harvest and Share Collective Discoveries; Harvesting and Planting Seeds of Change: University of Texas at San Antonio, Executive MBA Program; Perspectives and Observations; Connecting the Parts and the Whole: The Financial Planning Association; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER TEN: Guiding the Café Process: The Art of Hosting; Working on Behalf of Their Sisters: African Women with Disabilities; Perspectives and Observations
  • The World Café Hosting Guide Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conversational Leadership: Cultivating Collective Intelligence; Fostering Conversational Leadership in Education: Polk County Schools; The Results Are in the Relationships: Hewlett-Packard; Living Strategy: Discovering the Future, Together: American Society for Quality; Perspectives and Observations; Designing Organizational Infrastructures for Dialogue: Philip Morris USA; Questions for Reflection; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Call of Our Times: Creating a Culture of Dialogue
  • What Does It Mean to Care? Creating a Learning Culture Through Dialogue: Singapore