by Irving Stubbs | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
26: ATTENTION Welcome to the 26th post in our Journey in Dialog. In this post we deal with not only another restraining force to successful dialog, but also a way to undermine entropy. Engaging in meaningful dialog requires a serious level of attention. The brain is...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
25: SCRAPBOOK Welcome to the 25th post in our Journey in Dialog. From time to time I will share my personal experiences with dialog. This is one of those times. The following three stories are among my experiences that have reinforced my commitment to dialog. Concerto...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
24: WHY DIALOG? Welcome to the 24th post in our Journey in Dialog. In Post #12, I raised this same question: Why Dialog? In Post #22, I shared insights on dialog from Michele Maliese’s article when she was a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder....
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
23: FLASH MOBS Welcome to the 23rd post in our Journey in Dialog. Have you watched the Flash Mobs on YouTube? The musicians do something incredible with their music. In shopping malls, supermarkets, airports, and train stations from all over the world, musicians bring...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
22: MICHELLE MALIESE Welcome to the 22nd post in our Journey in Dialog. In this post, I have included passages from an article written by Professor of Philosophy, Michelle Maliese, when she was a graduate student and a member of the research staff at the Conflict...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 10, 2018 | Transformational Dialog, Uncategorized
21: ENTROPY Welcome to the 21st post in our Journey in Dialog. In previous posts, I have identified barriers, restraining forces, and impediments to transformational dialog. In this post, I add the concept of entropy. The root of entropy comes from the physics of...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
20: CONSCIOUSNESS What is it that causes us to respond at a gut level to other people? How do we understand immediately and instinctively the thoughts, feelings, and intentions of others? Consciousness means many things. In this post, I will focus on one of those...
by Irving Stubbs | Jul 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
19: EMPATHY PLUS Welcome to the 19th post in our Journey in Dialog. In Post 04, we referenced empathy and how empathy requires transparency. In this post, we dig more deeply. When we relate to other people empathetically, something good happens that can be healing,...
by Irving Stubbs | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
18: FACILITATORS Welcome to the 18th post in our Journey in Dialog. In previous posts, I noted what helps and what does not help to experience transformational dialog. In this post, I offer a few tips for those who facilitate transformational dialog in groups. TIP #1...
by Irving Stubbs | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
17: EDUCATORS Welcome to the 17th post in our Journey in Dialog. Some educators worry that the often well-worn and biased lectures delivered in colleges don’t equip the next generations for the practices needed to participate in the transformation of the world. Too...
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