Dialogue has developed over a long intellectual and practical trajectory, reaching back to the ancient Greeks in Western society. Over this time, it has appeared in varying forms in many indigenous cultures around the world, where it is experienced not only as a means of communication but also as an intimate part of community and spiritual life. Over the past three decades, the practice of dialogue has emerged as a distinct field based on the integration of experience, resear

The development of the Corona pandemic in Sweden has led to an intense debate about elderly care and how it should be designed for the future. Today there is a great consensus among politicians that care for the elderly requires more resources, and employees need better employment conditions. Government-sponsored elderly care has come into focus now because about two-thirds of all deaths have occurred within that sector. There have been major shortcomings in the avail- abilit

How do I live a better life and how do I do a better job? Threshold Dialogue brought together people involved in the criminal justice system in the UK – high-repeat offenders, police officers, prison staff, local government officers and politicians, housing and employment staff and many others – to consider these questions. The common goal of all these participants was to improve resettlement of offenders and thereby reduce recidivism. This was achieved in Threshold Dialogue

I recall starting a new job when I was in my late 30s. I had been running my own business importing women’s fashion clothing into the UK and wholesaling it to upmarket independent women’s dress shops from a fancy display unit in the rag trade area, behind Oxford Street in London. Then the supply end in South Africa failed to deliver. As I was closing things down and letting the showroom, I thought how much I would enjoy working with property. An old friend was now running the

Higher education, a context that often promotes open thinking, synthesis of ideas and collaboration as an ideal, is itself rife with fragmentation. This becomes apparent in many ways: through often-conflicting institutionalised habits and practices, mental models, formal and informal relationships (such as between directors, managers, lecturers and students), unevenly distributed participation, a weakened sense of agency and conflicting goals.