Proakatemia is a unit in the School of Business & Media in Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) in Tampere, Finland, that specializes in entrepreneurship and team leadership. Currently there are about 160 team entrepreneur students (TEs) in Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and MBA degree programs and 12 team coaches. Last year, Proakatemia started the first bilingual (English and Finnish) international BBA degree program in Entrepreneurship and Team Leadersh

This paper deals with dialogical development in basic education within one Finnish municipality. More specifically, it is development work done together with professionals working with students with special needs. The development has been carried out through the project Renewing Dialogues in Social and Health Care – Leadership, Well-Being and Productivity (European Social Fund Development, 2019–2021). The project aims to promote dialogue and work well-being in Finnish workpla

The Ubuntu Addiction Community Trust is a non profit and public benefit organisation that supports individuals, families, organisations and communities in addressing substance use disorders. David Collins, the founder of UACT, recognized that recovery coaching could add a forward thinking, solutions driven approach to the therapeutic and group support work already supporting the addiction space in South Africa. In 2016, UACT established a Workplace platform to support and emp

Like all of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), by May of 2121 District 34 (Williamsburg Probation and Parole) staff had been figuring out how to effectively work to protect the community, meet probationers’ needs, and balance very different lives at home for just over a year since the Covid-19 state of emergency had been declared. Children were just returning to classrooms after being homeschooled and staff were hoping to find ways to safely bring probationers in

Marion Correctional Treatment Center (MCTC) is the state mental health facility for adult males. MCTC houses a maximum of 191 mental health inmates of varying security levels and up to 180 Cadre inmates, our minimum-security workforce. There are inherent challenges having two diverse populations, such as controlling contraband, ensuring facility operations are maintained, controlling movement, and allowing breaks for kitchen staff. The scheduling for kitchen workers affects m

Sometimes an opportunity presents itself to stand back and take a look at what we are doing and how well we are managing. Such a situation arose when our prison District # 11 Probation & Parole unit was invited to participate with the Department of Medical Assistance (DMAS) on a Support Act Planning Grant. The grant is designed to support DMAS’s work to increase substance use disorder (SUD) provider capacity in the State of Virginia and assist the efforts of the Virginia Depa

Sometimes an opportunity presents itself to stand back and take a look at what we are doing and how well we are managing. Such a situation arose when our prison District # 11 Probation & Parole unit was invited to participate with the Department of Medical Assistance (DMAS) on a Support Act Planning Grant. The grant is designed to support DMAS’s work to increase substance use disorder (SUD) provider capacity in the State of Virginia and assist the efforts of the Virginia Depa

South Africa (SA) is a developing country with a population of 55.7 million, an unemployment rate of 34.4%, a poverty rate of 55.5% and a Gini index (a measure of income inequality) of 63 (100 = maximum inequality). The SA Government views socio-economic development (SED) as a key driver to address these dire social imbalances. As a result, SED is a key component of government initiatives. Communities often see it as a panacea to poverty and addressing immediate needs, includ

South Africa (SA) is a developing country with a population of 55.7 million, an unemployment rate of 34.4%, a poverty rate of 55.5% and a Gini index (a measure of income inequality) of 63 (100 = maximum inequality). The SA Government views socio-economic development (SED) as a key driver to address these dire social imbalances. As a result, SED is a key component of government initiatives. Communities often see it as a panacea to poverty and addressing immediate needs, includ

Our society has many issues, all of which come from a dysfunctional root—one that is built from the narrative that we are separate from the world. The education system is the foundation from which our culture is constructed and maintained. Over time the system, through fear and coercion, perpetuates the belief that we are separate from one another and nature. Because of this, most of us live in conflict and dysfunction within ourselves, in our relationships and collectively w

The city of Brussels is multicultural and multilingual, with a population of around 1.2 million inhabitants originating from 184 different countries. Brussels hosts international organisations and the European Institutions. What happens elsewhere in the world is felt in Brussels and impacts the work and life of its population. This was particularly tangible in the aftermath of 9/11 when public opinion associated all Muslims directly with terrorism. The presence of armed force

In 2021 the Derby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) hired our firm, Dialogic Action CIC to work with them to improve and develop their services for autism and neurodiverse communities. This case study describes and evaluates this piece of work; the study was co-produced by the stakeholders and participants in the project itself. CCG faced several problems: specifically, they noted that their different services were fragmented, leading to a lack of coherence. Waiting lists we

Special Response Teams (SRT) provide the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) with specially trained and equipped teams available for a rapid response to VADOC critical incidents at their local facility or other VADOC units. SRT members are also utilized for missions determined to be high-risk, such as riots and disturbances, and to provide support for other security operations throughout the Department. Over the past few years, membership had significantly decreased at

© Linda Ellinor, 2022 The World Needs Dialogue! Four: Putting Dialogue to Work ISBN: 978-1739991159 Context Six or seven years ago, when I was living in Arizona and coming back to California for family gatherings at Thanksgivings, my niece, Tina, told me that Ann, her sister, was being ostracized that year. What? (!) How could this happen? My brother’s family consists of six kids. I couldn’t believe that my brother wouldn’t allow one of his kids to come to Thanksgiving. Tina