FACILITATED DIALOGUES

Facilitated dialogues support building capacity to truly listen and to
understand one another, even when there is profound disagreement.

The elements of these dialogues are crafted based on the needs of the participants.

We hold disagreement and different experiences as what nurtures innovation and change and support growing the capacity to be with difference in a constructive way.

Mutual
Understanding

Mutual Understanding sessions focus on ongoing patterns of tension in a relationship, specific conflicts, or relational ruptures.

They introduce multiple perspectives, build empathy and reduce assumptions.

The intention of these facilitated dialogues is to come to a deeper mutual understanding of each person's experience, feelings, and what they are needing.

This is about understanding each other’s experience, not necessarily agreeing.

Healing
&
Reconciliation

These dialogues use practices to support the rebuilding or repair possible to heal an important relationship, these encourage response-ability while centering healing and change.

Including but not limited to:

Acknowledging impact

Expressing regret - sincere mourning and how to make a genuine apology

Exploring healing actions and requests for change in behavior

When needed, support for bringing relationships to a graceful completion

Collaboration
&
Agreements

This is the creative act of coming to agreements and strategies for moving forward.

These dialogues involve:

Supporting agreements

Sustaining agreements

Repairing agreements

Implementing change in behavior