Collaborative Conversations

Include More Voices - Make Better Choices

 

Collaborative Conversations occur whenever people
work together in ways that build relationships based on trust, mutually shared agreements and a collective sense of what is important.

The people who hire us recognize the importance of this and are looking to move to the next level. Using proven methodologies for building conversational competence, we help groups to more effectively realize their goals and objectives. We also coach individuals seeking to refine their communication skills and who are navigating challenging transitions - be they personal or professional.

Our approach is strength-based and appreciative. Our focus starts with building upon what works, exploring what is possible and developing a path forward that nourishes and sustains healthy development and beneficial relationships.

We are available for:

  1. Meeting Design and Facilitation

  2. Conflict Leadership Training

  3. Strategic Planning

  4. Coaching for Leadership and Personal Effectiveness

  5. Design of Large Group Engagements

  6. Designing and Hosting Unconferences

Our expertise includes designing keynote conversations for
and/or presenting workshops and hosting dialogue groups at the following conferences and events:

    • Pegasus Systems Thinking in Action

    • The Taiwan Society of Organizational Learning

    • The Bay Area Organizational Development Network

    • National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation

    • Business for Social Responsibility

    • Engaging the Other

    • CADCA - The Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America

    • The Institute of Noetic Sciences

    • The Faith Leaders Forum

Now available

Purchase the chapter Ken co-authored on The World Cafe appearing in the second edition of The Change Handbook






             

 

Partial client list:

California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association

The Center for Interfaith Relations 

Genentech

The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology

Kansas Department of
Social and Rehabilitation
Services

Laguna Honda Hospital

Malibu Foundation for Youth and Family

Minnesota Department of Education

NASA Ames Research Center

The National Park Service

Nike

The San Francisco School Alliance

The United States Army

The University of California at Santa Cruz

Images on this page: Trust - visualization by Mariah Howard
A Healthy Social Organism - visualization and drawing by Nancy Margulies

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