Exploratory Listening

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  • Purpose & description
Listening is at the heart of strategic learning conversations. It involves not only listening to others, but listening to ourselves. This level of reflection create the space for thinking in new ways. The elements include:
  1. Quiet the mind
  2. Listen with Intense Curiosity
  3. Suspend Judgment & Bias
  4. Identify Assumptions
  5. Move from Either/Or to Both/And Thinking
  6. Balance Advocacy, Inquiry & Reflection
  7. Seek and Explore "New" Integrative Insights
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Holding the Intention to Learn with Exploratory Listening
Listening Exercises


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