{"id":33,"date":"2015-07-04T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldcafe.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T18:14:13","slug":"conversational-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/key-concepts-resources\/conversational-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversational Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/world_cafe_30.jpg” title_text=”world_cafe_30″ show_bottom_space=”off” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”5vh||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||on||||||” text_text_color=”#00A6E0″ custom_padding=”3vh|4vw|||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

\u201cConversational Leadership is the \u2026 intentional use of conversation as a core process to cultivate the collective intelligence needed to create business and social value.\u201d<\/p>\n

~ Carolyn Baldwin<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#00A6E0″ custom_padding=”3vw|2vw||2vw|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMT4iLCJhZnRlciI6IjwvaDE+In19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”3vh|3vw|3vh|3vw|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

A deeper understanding of the World Cafe offers a view that goes beyond a method, no matter how skillfully utilized, to the recognition of conversation as a core meaning-making process.<\/p>\n

Since our earliest ancestors gathered in circles around the warmth of a fire, talking together has been our primary means for discovering common interests, sharing knowledge, imagining the future, and cooperating to survive and thrive.<\/p>\n

The natural cross-pollination of relationships, ideas, and meaning as people move from one conversation to others enables us to learn, explore possibilities, and co-create together.<\/p>\n

From this perspective, conversations are action\u2014the very heartbeat and lifeblood of social systems like organizations, communities, and cultures.<\/p>\n

Conversational leadership takes root when leaders see their organizations as dynamic webs of conversation and consider conversation as a core process for effecting positive systemic change. Taking a strategic approach to this core process can not only grow intellectual and social capital, but also provide a collaborative advantage in our increasingly networked world.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/conversational-leadership.jpg” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_text=”conversational-leadership” align=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

This graphic and most of the above material is excerpted from an article on\u00a0<\/span>Conversational Leadership<\/em>\u00a0written by Tom Hurley and Juanita Brown. (Download the whole article in\u00a0<\/span>English<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>German<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Spanish<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Japanese<\/a>, or\u00a0<\/span>Portuguese<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cConversational Leadership is the \u2026 intentional use of conversation as a core process to cultivate the collective intelligence needed to create business and social value.\u201d ~ Carolyn BaldwinA deeper understanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"A deeper understanding of the World Cafe offers a view that goes beyond a method, no matter how skillfully utilized, to the recognition of conversation as a core meaning-making process.\r\n\r\nSince our earliest ancestors gathered in circles around the warmth of a fire, talking together has been our primary means for discovering common interests, sharing knowledge, imagining the future, and cooperating to survive and thrive.\r\n\r\nThe natural cross-pollination of relationships, ideas, and meaning as people move from one conversation to others enables us to learn, explore possibilities, and co-create together.\r\n\r\nFrom this perspective, conversations are action\u2014the very heartbeat and lifeblood of social systems like organizations, communities, and cultures.\r\n\r\nConversational leadership takes root when leaders see their organizations as dynamic webs of conversation and consider conversation as a core process for effecting positive systemic change. Taking a strategic approach to this core process can not only grow intellectual and social capital, but also provide a collaborative advantage in our increasingly networked world.\r\n\r\n\"conversational-leadership\"<\/a>\r\nThis graphic and most of the above material is excerpted from an article on Conversational Leadership<\/em> written by Tom Hurley and Juanita Brown. (Download the whole article in English<\/a>, German<\/a>, Spanish<\/a>, Japanese<\/a>, or Portuguese<\/a>)","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6sDis-x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4726,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/4726"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}