Getting it Together!
Your organisation doesn’t need more meetings.
It needs better conversations.
I help teams and organisations think better together.
Through Socratic Dialogue, we slow down the conversation, challenge assumptions and create the conditions for something increasingly rare at work:
People actually listening, thinking and creating together.
We talk all day.
BUT ARE WE ACTUALLY THINKING TOGETHER?
Modern organisations don’t suffer from a lack of communication.
We have meetings. Slack. Teams. Workshops. Strategies. Surveys. Presentations. More meetings.
And yet:
People don’t listen.
The loudest voices dominate.
Teams rush towards solutions.
Assumptions go unchallenged.
People say yes in the room – and no in the corridor.
More communication isn’t necessarily the answer.
Better dialogue might be.
SOCRATIC DIALOGUE
Socratic Dialogue is a structured way of investigating important questions together.
Not debating.
Not convincing.
We question assumptions, examine different perspectives and build our thinking together.
It sounds simple.
It isn’t.
WHAT CHANGES?
BETTER LISTENING
Not listening to reply. Listening to understand.
BETTER QUESTIONS
Moving beyond What should we do? to Why do we think this is the right thing to do?
LESS PRESTIGE
Ideas become more important than positions.
MORE COURAGE
People learn to question assumptions – including their own.
REAL CO-CREATION
Not five people presenting five opinions. Building something together.
BETTER JUDGEMENT
Complex problems rarely have simple answers. Dialogue helps us think before we act.
HOW DO WE DO IT?
DON’T WORRY. WE WON’T SPEND TWO HOURS TALKING ABOUT SOCRATES.
1. A question
We start with a real question that matters to your organisation.
2. Practical tools
We try out easy but mind blowing dialogic tools.
3. A dialogue
I facilitate a structured Socratic Dialogue where everyone participates.
4. Reflection
We examine not only what we think – but how we listen, question, disagree and create meaning together.
5. Back to work
We connect the experience to your everyday organisational culture.
Socratic Dialogue isn’t about teaching philosophy.
It’s about using philosophy.
And making it fun. (Playfulness is a powerful thing.)