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About the Seminar
Topics from the Seminar Jim Rough, Instructor Other Jim Rough & Assoc., Inc. |
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Transformational Talking
Most conversations today are transactional, (TA) where there is a sender and a receiver of information. What we need, though, is transformational talking (TF), where people grow and change because of how they talk , which is even more important than what they talk about. Words like "consensus," "trust," "breakthrough," "involvement," and "democracy" arise from transformational (TF) talking, not transactional talking. Yet, the institutions of our society -- businesses, government and schools -- are structured for TA talking. One form of TF talking which Dynamic Facilitation brings about is "Choice-creating".
Two Modes of Talking
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Transformational (TF) |
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Ideas and concepts are bits of information transmitted between sender and receiver. |
People engage in a creative process where ideas and people evolve. |
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People remain essentially unchanged by the conversation, except for adding new information. |
People are moved and changed by the process. They grow and become different. |
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Focus on the content, i.e. what is said. |
Assure a creative process, i.e. how it is said. |
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The process can be "static", i.e. You can use a step by step procedure. |
The process is necessarily dynamic, i.e. Everyone must be "in the flow." |
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Everything can be measured. |
Measuring can be harmful to the process. |
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