Team learning

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Team learning

• The discipline that puts theory into practice and
  takes learning organization from concept to
  reality
• The intelligence of the team exceed the
  intelligence of the individual in the team
• Dealing with current reality conflict and
  defensive routines
• Teams develop extraordinary capacities for
  coordinated action.
• The synergy between dialogue and discussion

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Comparing discussion and dialogue

• Dialogue is diverging. It is about exploring the
  nature of choice, seeking a richer grasp of
  complex issue.
• Discussion is converging. It is about making a
  decision or course of action.
• Each has own goals and ground rules.

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Purpose of dialogue

• To create an atmosphere in which we can perceive
  what really matters to most of us. Doing so gives
  us access to a much finer and subtler kind of
  intelligence.
• the intelligence of the heart
• Ownership of the process and outcomes-we are
  responsible for what is happening.

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Purpose of dialogue

• To reveal incoherence in our thought
• People become observer of their own thinking and
  the collective nature of thought
• Our thinking is producing consequences
• that we dont really want
• It has to do with building a safe container or
  space for a group to operate. Fear and judgment
  must give way

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Balance advocacy and inquiry

• Advocacy
• Making your own thinking process visible. This
  is how I arrive at such point of view. Is there
  any area I have not considered ?
• Inquiry
• Making other peoples thinking process visible
• What leads you to say or believe this ?

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Guidelines

• Confidentiality
• Use I statements
• Silence as participation
• Speak when moved to speak
• Suspend judgment
• Inclusiveness
• With the help of a facilitator who holds the
  context of dialogue.

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Dialogue is/is not

• Dialogue is
• Discovery
• Team learning
• Listen to learn
• Creative integration
• Honoring contribution
• Exploring and artistry
• Asking clarifying questions
• Creating new understanding
• Encouraging all perspectives
• Looking for the best mental model
• Helping something new come into being
• Facilitating consensus when appropriate
• Understanding all available mental model

• Dialogue is not
• Judging
• Persuading
• Implementing
• Individual learning
• Looking for advantage
• Recycling information
• A process of elimination
• Listening in order to refute
• Rehashing old ideas or selling
• Overwhelming others with details
• Comparing points of view or conclusions
• Getting ones own point of view out

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Enrollment

• Course name Team Learning DIALOGUE
• Date 16 Sept 03, Tue
• Time 730pm-930pm
• Venue Rm 1101, 11/F Hong Kong Scout Centre,
  Scout Path, Austin Rd., Kln.
• Fee HK200
• If you feel interest with this course, just send
  us your
• Name
• Contact no.
• Cheque
• Payee Birdview Learning Organization Consulting
• Address 14C, Sun Fai Commercial Centre, 576
  Reclamation St., HK
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_birdview.com.hk
• Website www.birdview.com.hk