By Linda Fisher Thornton
On October 2nd, Krista Tippett gave a talk on “The Adventure of Civility” at the University of Richmond. One of the important things I gleaned from her talk was this recommendation:
Instead of trading in “competing answers or statements made to catch, corner, incite or entertain” we should “share the questions we have in common” and “live into the answers.”
Here are my observations on her important words:
The big questions we are trying to resolve together cannot be understood using one-way broadcasts.
Even in a fast-paced, social-media enabled world, it would be wrong for any leader to act as though important and complex issues could be managed responsibly without deep listening and dialogue.
Firing answers at each other doesn’t involve listening or self-reflection, but answering questions we have in common (and living into the answers) will require both.
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Rodney, that is a great way to help people move past trying to be “in control” and toward meaningful communication. Thanks for sharing it!
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In my work organization we are required to attend small group learning teams and practice the art and skill of dialogue. This practice of communicating in dialogue is helping to make an organizational culture shift from command and control to a healing environment.
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