International development is concerned with complex global problems such as climate change, urbanisation, poverty and migration. International development actors worldwide are becoming aware that seemingly simple solutions might have short-term, localised effects, but often create more drastic problems in the long run. Solutions that look good at first sight often reproduce effects similar to those that they were meant to counteract. Over time, this leaves many people disillu

These are private recordings of David Bohm made by Peter Garrett and Don Factor in 1990. It is an interesting historical record of the thinking that led to the three of them writing 'Dialogue - A Proposal'. The theoretical roots of the Professional Dialogue now undertaken by the Academy are clearly evident, although the practice has developed substantially since that time.