40 years of dialogue continues
The world needs dialogue...
As the Pioneers of Professional Dialogue we have supported organisational leaders and consultants for over 4 decades.
Explore the breadth, depth and integrity of our work.
40 years of dialogue continues
As the Pioneers of Professional Dialogue we have supported organisational leaders and consultants for over 4 decades.
Explore the breadth, depth and integrity of our work.
Who we are
Owners of Dialogue Associates, founders and trustees of the Academy of Professional Dialogue, and pioneers in Professional Dialogue stretching back over four decades.
Peter met David Bohm in 1983 and worked with him for eight years to conceive of a new kind of dialogue where people think from the perspective of the whole and together learn to understand each other and their common situation. He co-founded Prison Dialogue, Dialogue Associates, and the Academy of Professional Dialogue. Author of A New Kind of Dialogue (2021) and editor of The World Needs Dialogue! publication series.
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Jane joined Peter in Prison Dialogue in 1999 and has since worked across sectors and countries, engaging executive teams through the whole organisation down to the shop floor. Co-founder of Dialogue Associates, and trustee and co-founder of the Academy of Professional Dialogue. Host of A New Kind of Dialogue podcast, and director of Dialogic Classroom, a programme introducing dialogue into primary schools internationally.
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Their paths crossed and intertwined across 40 years. Explore each journey.
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What we offer
We have extensive experience intervening in challenging, stuck or deteriorating situations by partnering with the leaders and coaching the teams and entire organisational staff involved. Listen to 100 Stories of Dialogue at Work.
Find out moreWe have a suite of facilitated short courses and longer programmes to develop dialogic capability, internal practitioner expertise and fully operational dialogic organisations. Typically, organisations start with one-day courses like Dialogic Engagement and Dialogic Decision-Making for immediate impact.
Find out moreGet a taste and try a self-managed team developmental programme, taken at your own speed, about your own work.
Online & In-person
Accreditation offered by the Academy of Professional Dialogue. Peter Garrett and Jane Ball are registered Accreditors for all Academy programmes.
Foundational programme for organisational and social work. Become an Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioner who can take any group of people into dialogue and common understanding. 100hrs over six months online with international group of participants.
Find out moreTestimonials
To our great benefit you have changed the way we think about our work, the way we organise ourselves, and the way we do our work in a remarkably intelligent way.
Working with you we have gone further than ever before in creating a dialogic organisation, and we have truly outstanding performance results as well as a great place to work.
We are only a third of the way through your six-month accreditation programme and already it is a game changer for me and my work!
You do know that other people cannot deal with complex organisational issues and design a way to resolve them as smartly as you do, don't you?
Self-managed team development
Teams work through video-led content alongside their regular team meetings, taking them deeper into the practice of professional dialogue. No facilitator required. Move at your own pace, in your own time.
Dialogic Teamwork™ is the most direct way to bring Professional Dialogue into your organisation: practical, self-contained, and built on four decades of real consulting experience.
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Two series from the pioneers of Professional Dialogue, suitable for leaders, consultants and anyone curious about what real dialogue makes possible.
Drawn from the case books of Peter Garrett and Jane Ball: stories of Professional Dialogue in action across different industries, sectors and continents.
Every episode taps into decades of first-hand consulting experience to show what dialogue looks like when it is put to work. The insights revealed might well be relevant to your own situation.
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.
The podcast invites you to learn more about yourself, your understanding of the human condition, and the fragmentation inside yourself and in the world around you.
Read
Peter and Jane run their own publishing house, Dialogue Publications, releasing new titles continuously. These books are the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to understand Professional Dialogue and what it can do for their organisation.
A landmark in understanding the pervasive challenges of modern society, and a serious but easy read, written as a first-hand narrative that encourages dialogic thinking.
The story of how A New Kind of Dialogue was conceived by Peter Garrett and theoretical physicist David Bohm, and their eight years of participatory research until Bohm's death in 1992, laying the foundation for Peter's 30 years of work introducing Dialogue into prison systems and consulting to multinational organisations.
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Get in touch
If you are wondering whether dialogue might be relevant to your situation, the simplest thing is to book a call. No agenda, no obligation, just a conversation about what you are facing and whether there is something here that could help.
Please use the calendar, or feel free to reach out by email.
