This paper is intended as a companion to my reprinted 2018 paper (next chapter), in which I outline why the Offender Resettlement Journey (ORJ) is important, how an ORJ process works, and what we might learn about some of our underlying concepts about the arche- typal journey in practice. I believe it is a useful resource for anyone working in the criminal justice or correctional system. I wrote that paper through the lens of my own 20-year journey through my Dialogue Practit

The aim of dialogic conversations, in the sense of David Bohm’s practice, is to let the emphasis be put on the process (rather than outcomes) so that the implicit and initially unspeakable can surface in a mutual conversation (Bohm 2005, p. 36). This is exactly what the student-teacher and the children succeeded in doing in the small dialogue described above. The student-teacher broke the pattern of judgement and contradiction established between Ahmed and Fatma, and gave the

This paper tells the story of a mediation between a local authority and the parents of two autistic adult children. I’ll explore the results of the mediation (it was successful for one parent and less so for the other), and will describe its unexpected outcome, a decision by politicians to order a larger public dialogue to improve the way in which the local authority cares for people with disabilities. It is my hope that this story will inspire others to see how dialogue and

Over the last 30 years, coaching has developed from a niche practice into an accepted form of consulting, and is now a part of the repertoire of personnel development offers in almost all companies. In the educational sector reflecting on one's own professional practice has an even longer tradition. It began to take hold in the 1970s, when teams of teachers attached importance not only to their academic competence but also to making the interaction between teachers and studen

I invite you to an exploration into the ways the Digital Ecosystem—the interrelated web of thinking and technology—may promote a step forward for Deep Dialogue, and for Professional Dialogue expansion.

In Los Angeles, California, the combination of income inequality, exorbitant prices for homes and rentals, exclusionary neighborhoods and the stigmatization of homelessness have all contributed to a housing crisis that has only been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Persistent cultural norms allow us to distance ourselves from those most marginalized in our communities, resulting in a diffusion of responsibility in affluent areas where homelessness coexists and is at an all