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Thoughts on Conversation
Great conversation requires true listening and genuine curiosity.
By Craig Constantine · Launched 25 days ago
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Curiosities for August 12, 2022
Handling crisis and conflict in online communities is not to be taken lightly. It’s a big, important job. But it is a job we as community builders all must do. That’s because in any community, conflict is inevitable. When we manage it well, it becomes an opportunity. We can…
Aug 12
Framed dialogs
And I mean dialog which is set up with certain agreed-upon concepts and boundaries, not literally framed for hanging on a wall. A while back—January 4th, 2021 to be specific—I made some notes about an idea tickling my brain. I had had a conversation with two people. We had…
Aug 8
Be the hornet?
Is it better to be the fly on the wall, or the hornet in the room? I variously categorize conversations on a spectrum from formal to casual. Today I want to talk about conversations that fall in the middle. At the formal end would be police interrogations and then—perhaps—live…
24 min ago
Curiosities for August 5, 2022
We often turn it into something bad: I suck for not being disciplined, I suck for not being able to focus, I’m not strong enough, etc etc. But it’s just a part of being human — we all have fear, uncertainty, doubt, resistance built into our survival instincts.
Aug 5
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Curiosities for July 22
Two people is magical
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Conversation as a spectrum
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A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill. ~ Lord Mancroft Conversations are difficult to end…
Aug 1
Curiosities for July 29, 2022
Collaboration - with Cassandra Ellis It’s really structure that I keep circling back to (note that word: circle). How do we structure our moving…
Jul 29
Conversation as a spectrum
Communication between two people falls on a spectrum, and that spectrum has more than one dimension. In fact, I imagine it has many dimensions…
Jul 25
Curiosities for July 22
Why do great writers write? ~ Shane Parrish from, Why Great Writers Write Questions arise, however, when the extreme potential duration of…
Jul 22
Two people is magical
I often find things scattered about which make little connections appear in my mind. That’s literally what the word composition means when it’s used in…
Jul 18
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