Organizations are full of talk. Very little of it creates shared understanding.
Bohm distinguishes dialogue from discussion. Discussion breaks things apart, argues positions, and tries to win or decide. Dialogue creates a space where assumptions can be observed rather than defended.
Participants learn to notice their own thought as part of the system. The aim is not agreement. It is shared inquiry.
This makes dialogue powerful in situations where problems persist because people are trapped inside inherited patterns of thought. Bohm's work offers a practice for collective sensemaking at depth.
Why this belongs here
Knowledge Flow depends on the quality of conversation through which understanding forms. Dialogue belongs here because it provides a foundational practice for making hidden assumptions visible and learnable.
