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I’m pleased to share the December 2024 issue of the Gurteen Knowledge Letter.

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Gurteen Knowledge Letter December 2024 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2024
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December 2, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Gurteen Knowledge Letter November 2024 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2024
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November 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Looking to foster deeper conversations, share ideas, and spark innovation in your organization? Join my next Knowledge Café Workshop on February 27, 2025

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Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop | Conversational Leadership
Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop
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December 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Özlem Cekic, a Muslim immigrant, faced hate messages but chose honest dialogue with critics, turning hostility into empathy and showing how open conversation builds understanding and connection. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #dialogue #km #kmers
The Power of Talking with Enemies | Conversational Leadership
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November 23, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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The argumentative theory of reasoning proposes that reason did not evolve to help us to reason individually but to reason together – in other words, socially. #km #kmers #ConversationalLeadership #reason #argument
The Argumentative Theory of Human Reason | Conversational Leadership
Argumentative Theory of Human Reason
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January 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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The hidden power of unanswerable questions #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #questions
The hidden power of unanswerable questions
As physicist Richard Feynman once said, “It’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.”
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March 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Warm Data: A relational understanding that reflects how the data is lived, remembered, and connected across multiple systems. conversational-leadership.net/warm-data/ @davidgurteen.bsky.social #ConversationalLeadership #PKM #KMers #Context #Relational #Complexity
Warm Data | Conversational Leadership
We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a d...
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July 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Curiosity began as care, not just a quest for knowledge. We've made it purely mental, but its roots show a deeper truth: to be curious is to care enough to truly pay attention. #ConversationalLeadership #curiosity #km #kmers #care #etymology
The Etymology of Curiosity | Conversational Leadership
Curiosity didn’t begin as a quest for knowledge but as an act of care. Over time, we’ve separated inquiry from emotion, treating curiosity as a mental exercise. But its origins reveal a deeper truth:…
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April 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Hormones & pheromones shape our social interactions, yet they're often overlooked. This can cause miscommunication & strain relationships. Understanding their effects can improve communication & connections. #km #kmers #hormones #ConversationalLeadership
Conversational Chemistry | Conversational Leadership
Hormones and possibly pheromones greatly influence our social interactions and conversational…
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March 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them? buff.ly/P5zHGcU #ai #polarization #disagreement #ConversationalLeadership #socialmedia
Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them?
Duke sociologist Dr. Christopher Bail on the tech’s potential to foster empathy in an age of division.
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July 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Issue 300 of my Knowledge Letter is out. Why "I have an open mind" can shut down conversation, my podcast work on AI and leadership, plus thoughts on innovation and dialogue.

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Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2025 | Conversational Leadership
Gurteen Knowledge Letter June 2025
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June 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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The Great Conversation, a term popularized in the 20th century, is an ongoing process of intellectual dialogue that has spanned human history. Through the exchange of ideas, thinkers, writers, & scholars connect across time & cultures. #KM #KMers #ConversationalLeadership
The Great Conversation - the Evolving Dialogue of Ideas | Conversational Leadership
The Conversational Enlightenment ** The Conversible World ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The Great Conversation has spanned millennia, shaping human thought and understanding. Tracing its…
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November 19, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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We often teach formal speaking instead of natural conversation. Yet, conversation is easier than speech, say Garrod & Pickering (2004)—a paradox with big implications for classroom learning design. #ConversationalLeadership #education #km #kmers #conversation buff.ly/c36M8MX
A deep dive on interactive alignment
The paradox of dialogue: effortless yet complex
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April 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI open.substack.com/pub/rupertwe... #ai #intelligence #education #teaching #learning #RupertWegerif #ConversationalLeadership
Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI
Recent studies split almost 50-50.
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August 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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A dinner in Madrid opened with an unexpected question about marriage, leading to a rare, thoughtful exchange. This article explores why some conversations resonate more deeply than others. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #km #kmers #meaning
Don’t Make Small Talk. Think Big Talk.
Discover the rewards of discussing deep things.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization #km #kmers #ConversationalLeadership #change
How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization
While corporate transformations are almost universally assumed to be top-down processes, in reality, middle managers, and first-line supervisors can make significant change when they have the right…
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March 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Explore Batesonian Information: Understanding information as difference that makes a difference, shaped by context, relationships, and meaning. #information #complexity #GregoryBateson #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers

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Batesonian Information | Conversational Leadership
We often treat information as something that can be stored, sent, or delivered. But if nothing changes, and there is no shift in perception or behavior, has any information really been shared? Gregory...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Work improves when relationships come first. Prioritizing tasks over connection makes collaboration harder. Building trust and engagement through connection before content creates openness and ensures meaningful work can happen. #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers #connection
Connection Before Content | Conversational Leadership
We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.
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March 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Derek Black, raised in white nationalism, seemed set to follow that path. College friendships with diverse peers made him question and reject those beliefs, showing how dialogue can bridge divides and change views. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #conversationalwisdom #km
Changing Minds Through Conversation | Conversational Leadership
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March 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Moving beyond dichotomous discourse: Embracing paradox in educational leadership
Rod J. Naquin #KM #KMers #KnowledgeManagement #km4dev #ConversationalLeadership #education #discourse
Moving beyond dichotomous discourse
Embracing paradox in educational leadership
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January 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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There Are No Solutions Only Responses in Complex Adaptive Systems | Conversational Leadership #km #kmers #complexity #ConversationalLeadership buff.ly/61kpcr4
There Are No Solutions Only Responses in Complex Adaptive Systems | Conversational Leadership
In a complex or complex adaptive system, the notion of "problem-solving" is an illusion. Instead of definitive solutions, there is only an endless series of adaptive responses. | David Gurteen
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May 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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In a polarized world, jazz improvisation and conversation share spontaneity, collaboration, and creativity—offering insights for more productive, meaningful connections. #conversation #jazz #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers
The Jazz of Conversations | Conversational Leadership
The Difference Between Dialogue and Debate ** Meetings and Conversations Serve Two Purposes Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter With increasing polarization in society, effective communication…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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There Are No Solutions Only Responses in Complex Adaptive Systems | Conversational Leadership #km #kmers #complexity #ConversationalLeadership buff.ly/61kpcr4
There Are No Solutions Only Responses in Complex Adaptive Systems | Conversational Leadership
In a complex or complex adaptive system, the notion of "problem-solving" is an illusion. Instead of definitive solutions, there is only an endless series of adaptive responses. | David Gurteen
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May 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Traditional lectures often fall short. Peer Instruction fosters deeper learning by prompting students to discuss and explain ideas to each other, turning information into real understanding. #km #kmers #ConversationalLeadership #education #teaching
The Power of Peer Instruction | Conversational Leadership
Students watch lectures and videos at home while the class is for hands-on work and face-to-face interaction with teachers and peers.
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March 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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A Knowledge Café usually starts with a talk and a question, but a Café Debate sets the stage with opposing views. The real value lies in the conversations that follow, fostering deeper insight over winning. #KM #KMers #km4dev #ConversationalLeadership #KnowledgeCafe #debate
Knowledge Café Debate | Conversational Leadership
A Café debate is a form of Knowledge Café trigged by a short debate.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM