Dialogue for solving problems & setting goals

with David Moore

Tuesday 31 August

• How can groups of people solve problems creatively?
• How can we harness the creativity of groups and yet still make decisions?

In recent years, the best-selling The Wisdom of Crowds has popularised an important concept. Under the right conditions, groups can act with great intelligence, solving problems that none of the individual members might solve alone.

Yet in many organisations, groups of people struggle to make decisions efficiently and effectively.

One reason is the lack of an appropriate format for creative problem-solving.

This session examines a meeting format that supports both expansive dialogue and focused decision-making.

About David Moore

David Moore is a Melbourne-based consultant in communication and organisational change.  He has taught in politics, history, justice studies and peace and conflict studies in several Australian universities and has worked in central government policy. 

He co-founded Transformative Justice Australia, which was involved in reforms using the Conferencing process in education, justice and workplaces in Australia, Europe and North America.  This work was dramatised in David Williamson’s Jack Manning Trilogy of plays.

More recently, David co-founded Primed Change Consulting which combines drama, multimedia and organisational theory to assist organisations with adaptive change [www.primed.net.au].