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Never before has there been a greater need for deeper listening and more open communication to cope with the complex problems facing our organizations, businesses and societies. Renowned scientist David Bohm believed there was a better way for humanity to discover meaning and to achieve harmony. He identified creative dialogue, a sharing of assumptions and understanding, as a means by which the individual, and society as a whole, can learn more about themselves and others, and achieve a renewed sense of purpose.

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"Finally, although not a book about education per se, the summer of 2017 is a fine time to read David Bohm’s 'On Dialogue' (1996). Bohm, a theoretical physicist, wrote this short, striking text in response to a ‘general feeling that communication is breaking down everywhere, on an unparalleled scale’. The book is a brilliantly penetrating analysis of the way that people habitually talk at cross purposes, blocking and distorting the meaning of what others are trying to say. ‘Assumptions or opinions are like computer programs in people’s minds’, he writes. ‘Those programs take over against the best of intentions - they produce their own intentions.’ Bohm’s reflections on how to ‘listen to the whole of what is said’ and how to ‘create something new’ in dialogue with others remain highly resonant." -Matt Lloyd-Rose, social researcher, NGO leader and writer.

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David Bohm (1917-92). Renowned physicist and theorist who was one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 2nd edition (September 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415336414
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415336413
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 0.33 x 7.79 inches
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2013
The preface from Peter Senge is itself well worth the read on its own, I am a fan of Peter too. Bohm has impacted so many great thinkers, including the Dali Lama. His books are not easy to read, I normally can get in one or two pages and have to put it down to reflect. This book, and others he wrote like it, create an awareness of one's mental processes, and that of others. That awareness can literally enhance your ability to think and communicate clearly. For me, as I read the "best practices" for communicating, it tells me there is no near-term hope for the deteriorating communications we have in our society today, especially in politics. This book has the blueprint our country needs to start working together and not only understanding each other, but to use interactions with others to think more clearly. If you do not like books that explain in detail how our minds work, suggest not getting, it is not an easy read.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2006
David Bohm (1996), wrote about proprioception, which is the basically the self-awareness that allows us to realize that our bodies our wired to know when we move them versus being moved by something else. In other words, we know when we have moved our arm or when someone else has moved it. Not so with thoughts and emotions, he said:

"You may get a feeling that you don't like from a thought, and then a second later say, "I've got to get rid of that feeling," but your thought is still there working, especially if it's a thought that you take to be absolutely necessary. . . .

"We could say that practically all of the problems of the human race are due to the fact that thought is not proprioceptive. Thought is constantly creating problems that way and then trying to solve them. But as it tries to solve them it makes it worse because it doesn't notice that it's creating them, and the more it thinks, the more problems it creates--because it's not proprioceptive of wht it's doing. If your body were that way you would very quickly come to grief and you wouldn't last very long. And it may be said that if our culture were that way, our civilization would not last all that long, either" (p. 25).

Bohm's contribution to servant-leadership is his resonance with Greenleaf (2002) on the topics of awareness and responsibility. The latter said that the "servant views any problem in the world as in here, inside oneself, not out there" and that it is not just problems that the self generates and is responsible for because "So it is with joy" as well as trouble (p. 57).
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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2013
Preface by Peter Senge is worth a read in and of itself! "...a growing recognition that the complex problem our organizations and societies face demand a deeper listening and a more open communication than has been the norm" (p. viii). So begins this book. Lee Nichols in the forward adds, "[Dialogue] is more of the nature of relaxed, nonjudgmental curiosity, its primary activity being to see things as freshly and clearly as possible" (p. xviii).

As described, Bohm's purpose for dialogue is not to agree or reach consensus per se but for people to "create something new together. . . . each has to be interested primarily in truth and coherence, so that he is ready to drop his old ideas and intentions, and be ready to go on to something different" (p. 3). This is a book about our thoughts, biases, and assumptions. Dialogue is a way to suspend our assumptions, to honor the varying assumptions in the room, and to collectively create a new way forward. It is about reflection, learning, and respecting others sufficiently because we value community as a representation of the various people.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2015
I've read almost all of Bohm's books. This one is phenomenal. I mean, they're all good. This is the one that drives it home in a very clear concise way. Buy it for sure then share with a friend. Bohm is the only thinker thus far in history to make to marry the implicate meaning of content with the physical universe that we are most familiar with. Other thinkers tend to get stuck but Bohm doesn't. He hammers it out in a way that is understandable. It's very very good. After you read this one I suggest, "on creativity." Both these are huge home runs. They should be required reading for all humans. There would be noticeable shift if large populations of the people read these books. The world would definitely change.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2017
For many, On Dialogue is their first introduction to David Bohm. In this book Dr. Bohm brings to action the idea of many of his investigations of thought and his experience as a physicist, by presenting a space for groups learning to think together. Rather than a group simply sharing ideas back and forth, Dr. Bohm felt that we had the ability, through dialogue, to create something totally new in thought. If you have not read it, read David Bohm's book, Thought as a System, the book will open your thinking of what thought is and question what we consider are our own thoughts. I found On Dialogue to be a very exciting idea. In practice Dialogue, as presented by Dr. Bohm is not for the faint at heart, but rewarding.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019
There's so much packed into this book. Not only does it describe define dialogue but also the relationship to chaos theory. Concepts like suspension and proprioception the paradox in The observer were laid out very clearly in this book and made me really step back and think about my thoughts and assumptions and the whole process. This book has some great anger management strategies and brought awareness to my self-deception. With the knowledge from this book I feel confident that was practice I can establish a healthier relationship with myself, other groups, nature, and our planet. The process of being conscious will take some practice... hopefully with the insights from this book, I can begin to touch the synapses in the brain that hold the reflexes that can lead me to a more peaceful coherent existence.
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Reviewed in Canada on September 4, 2014
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bohm dialogue is the best mechanism to put them to test
Reviewed in India on March 14, 2016
Bohm lived in last century, yet Bohm dialogue is the need of the hour, particularly so given the chaotic and violent world we are living in. Ideas, dogmas and faith lead to such destruction. Bohm dialogue is the best mechanism to put them to test, if only we are ready to allow others to question our conclusions.
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Tobias
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, pathetic cover design
Reviewed in Germany on September 10, 2015
Great book, pathetic (cover) design.
Probably done by an 8 year old with Microsoft Paint.
This edition was published in 2004! What were they thinking?!
Martin L.M
5.0 out of 5 stars David Bohms book is a revelation
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2011
This is a wonderful book which should be taught in every school in every country. Thought seen as reality through assumptions is how the world operates and how communities misfire all over the world. It would be an idea for all to go back to the idea of dialogue and to communicate in groups with no real agenda as Bohm suggests. Individual thought, Bohm states is incoherent but when mirrored in the group becomes like coherent like the power of a laser. The book talks about how all our assumptions are operating in us unknown to us and we take all these as reality. Why do these assumptions and thoughts feel so strong in us and why. Bohms book goes into this problem and is reasonating in me ever since. This was not an easy book to read and i had to read it slowly and even marked pages which had the most significant issues raised. I recommend this book to everyone.
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