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When we create conversational rituals that enable us to honor and respect others’ views of the world—especially when these views are very different from our own—we create a space for better conversations and for new ideas to emerge.
Conversational Intelligence
Judith E. Glaser
The generalist, then, has certain categories of thought that—because of their general nature—are not going to fail him completely in the study of any new field. He has special words in his vocabulary, words such as stability, behavior, state space, structure, regulation, noise, and adaptation, which he can relate to the words of the specialist. If he is wise, he will refrain from saying, "Oh, that's nothing but a line of behavior in a two-dimensional state space." Instead, he will make the translation internally and then surprise the specialist with the "sharp questions" he is able to ask.
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
Gerald Weinberg
We figured that anyone can tell a story from their life, and that such stories might be better than riffs on a theme people hadn’t thought about.
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
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