IMPROVE YOUR DIALOGUE SKILLS
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What is dialogue?
Dialogue is a way of communicating where the goal is to understand each other, work together, and grow.
Why dialogue?
Dialogue is useful in all human relationships, especially when you disagree with someone or want to create change. Good dialogue skills have also been proven to improve quality of life.
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Explore conversations about dialogue
We’ve recorded conversations about dialogue and made them available on Spotify and YouTube, so you can listen anytime. Be inspired by real stories!
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This conversation between a mother and daughter can take many directions. The outcome is up to you, you get to decide what the mother say
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Those who listen, change the world
Our bestselling book on dialogue includes examples of how Peace Prize laureates have used dialogue in their work and explains the eight principles of good dialogue.
Interviews about the power of dialogue
“Feeling understood or validated is what keeps you on. When experiencing the lack of this, you turn off”
Hedvig Montgomery believes we talk a little better with each new generation. But one modern phrase makes the psychologist cringe.
“Disagreement is important, but how we disagree is what matters most.”
Documentary filmmaker Deeyah Khan has come close to violent right‑wing extremists, anti‑abortion activists, and jihadists. Her key is a deep curiosity about what lies behind the façade.
“Dialogue is work. It doesn’t happen on its own.”
For Natur og Ungdom leader Gina Gylver, dialogue is one of the key tools in the environmental movement’s toolbox.
“If we agree on what we share, we gain a better understanding of the differences as they appear.”
Snøhetta founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen drank sweet lemon juice in an antechamber in Egypt every day for almost a year. That’s how he learned something important about dialogue.