A New Kind of Dialogue

Your hosts are Jane Ball and Peter Garrett, who in conversational story-telling mode unravel the fuller meaning of Dialogue, exploring how we are all dynamically interlinked and why mastering Dialogue can change the way we work and live our lives. If you found today's story inspiring, please leave a review, rate us five stars, and subscribe to never miss an episode. To find out more about Jane...

Want to know how to completely transform a failing prison? In the year 2000 HM Prison Dorchester in England was at rock bottom - suffering from the worst culture the Chief Inspector of Prisons said he had ever seen, and dangerously low performance ratings. Conditions for prisoners were terrible and every intervention was met with resistance.  In the most challenging environments, Dialogue serves a...

The performance of a correctional system affects everyone. It affects the lives of those incarcerated or on probation, and it has a far reaching ripple effect throughout the community. The performance is measured by reoffending rates and public safety.  Virginia Department of Corrections became the best performing department of corrections in the US, with the lowest reoffending rate, after choosin...

Inspired by the message of A New Kind of Dialogue? Ready to bring Dialogue into your workplace - to heal the fractures in your team and organisation? Jane and Peter offer a solution that’s simple to use and could change the way you work forever. Moving beyond the messages of the book, this unexpected 11th episode serves as a bridge between the podcast and what’s next - a brand new course titled Di...

Dialogue is not just a solution for organisations - they’re just the beginning. Dialogue could be, and is the answer to healing all of the world’s problems. The potential is vast and unending, but how to make it reach this wider consciousness? Delving into the final chapters of Peter’s book, we learn how Dialogue is now beginning to reach all corners of the globe, as its wider societal impact is f...

Everything Peter - and you - has learned about Dialogue now becomes whole. Here we see an integrated model develop, punctuated by four impactful theories which blend together everything from consciousness to how Dialogue makes change happen. Through compelling anecdotes and personal experiences, Peter then leads a discussion about the eight axioms of Dialogue, which draw on the narrative and learn...

Dialogue has found a place in all types of organisations, from prisons to SMEs to multinational corporations. It has moved beyond single team interventions to something that impacts and changes whole systems. But how it does that depends on the type of system it’s being introduced into - open or closed reporting lines. In this episode Peter shares examples of open and closed systems he’s worked wi...

What exactly is Dialogue? Its applications have proven to be numerous and its impact undeniable. But until now we’ve not offered a structured definition. That doesn’t work so well in the world of business, where deadlines need to be met and budgets spent wisely. So, to get into organisations, the main source of fragmentation in our world, Peter gets to work codifying the practice he’s been develop...

From prisons to the corporate world of organisations, the remit of Dialogue expands further as Peter looks to heal  ‘a pervasive area of fragmentation’ in our society. First we canter through Peter’s fascinating history within organisations, beginning with his first day in school, right through to working as a builder’s merchant, a bank cleric, running his own businesses and becoming a consultant....

By this point in the story, Dialogue had become a firm fixture at HMP Whitemoor, and Peter was regularly convening sessions with some of the most violent criminals in the prison. Like an unexplored part of the world waiting to be travelled, Peter met all manner of people he’d have never otherwise encountered. Whether hitmen or rapists, the stakes were high and the challenges were many, but the val...

Amid the tension of violence and power struggles, what started as a hotbed of complaints, swearing and anger, slowly turned into something much greater. Peter charts his journey into a maximum security prison where, over the course of nine years, Dialogue began to shift communication among prisoners and prison officers alike. In this episode you will learn: How it is that Peter came to convene Dia...

Following the birth of a new kind of Dialogue, Peter swiftly finds himself immersed in it, realising the power it holds as an essential tool to heal the fragmentation that divides society. In this episode, Jane and Peter explore chapters seven and eight A New Kind of Dialogue.  Discover how Peter began running a series of Dialogues all around the world, from the UK to Israel to Switzerland. Hear t...

How a chance meeting with a theoretical physicist led to the birth of a revolutionary concept. Take a journey back in time to the room where David Bohm discussed his thoughts concerning mind, matter, meaning and the implicate order. In this episode, Jane and Peter explore chapters four, five, and six of A New Kind of Dialogue. They delve into Peter's journey into spirituality, how his new spir...

From growing up in the wild African bush and learning about Stone Age people, to exciting journeys exploring large parts of the world, and leaving behind society to live in a mud hut, learn how the formative experiences of Peter Garrett shaped his approach to human connection, and the development of Dialogue. In this first episode of A New Kind of Dialogue , Jane and Peter discuss the first three...

This is no ordinary business podcast. You won't just discover the concept of Dialogue, you'll come on a journey through a lifetime of experiences to gain a deep understanding of how Dialogue affects you, personally, and why you should bring it into your life and work. Welcome to A New Kind Of Dialogue, the podcast. Your host is Jane Ball , in conversation with Peter Garrett . Together, the...