Effective dialogue. To become a better presenter, look inward. Why genetic medicine never arrived.
Welcome to a new issue of the newsletter, “Journal of discoveries.”
Each week, I check a list of hundreds of sources of inspiration to spot exciting articles, videos, podcasts, and books on personal development, leadership, management, technology, and innovation.
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One “must” for this week
"Effective Dialogue" by Luis Huete.
We need more dialogue and fewer discussions. Dialogue is derived from the Greek words dia (through) and logos(word); hence, a dialogue is a conversation in which the meaning flows through all the participants. Discuss, on the other hand, comes from the Latin discutere, meaning cut off.
George Kohlrieser identifies four blocks to dialogue:
Passivity: language of withdrawal or nonresponsive behavior.
Discounting: minimize, disrespect or put down another person
Redefining: changing the focus of the transaction to avoid something
Over-detailing: excessive detail, overwhelming others with too much information
Blocking dialogue is usually a habit, sometimes learned in the family, requiring us to rewire the brain and speak effectively.
Personal development
To become a better presenter, look inward
Enjoying the pain of learning will make you smarter
Why children perceive time slower than adults
An open letter to my lost younger self
Transforming ‘should’ into ‘want’: how to create lasting change
Avoiding career irrelevance
Why polyworking is transforming careers and how to start
Want to add fun to your job? Try job crafting
Innovation
Getting started with AI: good enough prompting
Mechanized minds: AI's hidden impact on human thought
Generative AI is still just a prediction machine
Beware of zombie ideas: old ideas that haunt decision making
How to hire for the AI economy
The high-growth industries reshaping the global economy
Leadership and management
Psychological safety & failing well
When expressing gratitude to employees, timing matters
Think like a plumber, not a CEO
How to give a senior leader feedback (without getting fired)
One book
“8 Rules of Love” by Jay Shetty.
See you next Saturday,
Roberto
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Hi Roberto! Great newsletter, always. I followed the Job Crafting link above and was taken to Abhijit Bhaduri's LinkedIn article. It features an AI-generated podcast episode about job crafting. (Where we are with this technology at the moment is its own topic, my mind is kinda blown here.) I became curious about who/where these ideas originally came from, so I searched my email for "job crafting" and was led back to your August 24th newletter! This is the one where you feature Susan David's May 24th 2001 original article and ideas on the topic of job crafting! Really glad this looped back around, thanks to past you.
Although I honestly don't know what to make of this AI-generated audio bit — which obviously doesn't give credit to the original authors.
Also, whose voices are these? I must admit, I got chills when I first heard the woman's voice say "Yeah, that feeling of being stuck" — it sounded eerily like my own voice. I'm not suggesting it is mine (although I have talked about feeling stuck on various podcast episodes), but it was a strange coincidence that had me hooked on listening to the rest. There was something about it which also immediately tipped me off to the uncanny valley nature of the conversation.
Anyways, I'm incredibly curious to what you (and others) think about all this?
Discussion vs dialogue, very interesting! This puts words to what I see going wrong so many times, specifically in politics. Thanks Roberto!