ABOUT US THE PROGRAM ORIGINATORS
Peter Garrett and Jane Ball are the owners of Dialogue Associates, an international consulting firm with offices in Chipping Campden, a beautiful Cotswolds town in the heart of England. They are also founders and trustees of the international Academy of Professional Dialogue. Peter and Jane are pioneers in the development of Professional Dialogue stretching back over four decades. Here is a timeline of their main achievements over that time.
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Peter Garrett
APDP, APDPA
Author, consultant, coach, educator, program architect, entrepreneur
1983: Peter met the renowned theoretical physicist David Bohm, and worked with him for eight years to conceive of a way to move beyond fragmented understanding and conflictual thinking. Unrelated to negotiation or conflict resolution, this is a new kind of dialogue where people think from the perspective of the whole and together learn to understand each other and themselves.
1993: Peter Co-founded Prison Dialogue to research the impact of dialogue in high and maximum-security prisons, and to enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. He subsequently worked with prison teams, prisons and six different prison systems in US and UK.
2003: Peter and Jane co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Peter and Jane co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. From 2019 to 2024, they have co-hosted the annual conference, with others, and presented their work on many occasions. Their papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series, which Peter edits.
2018: Peter co-founded the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in rigorous consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the program now called Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
2021: Peter published A New Kind of Dialogue (Dialogue Publications, 444 pages) detailing his journey of discovery that resulted in professional dialogue and the formation of the Academy. Jane recorded interviews with Peter that were released in 2024 as a podcast (11 episodes)
2024: Peter and Jane initiated the Dialogic Intervention program for which they are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors. The robust consultation that led to the defining of the criteria for accreditation took some 27 months to formulate.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™ program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.
Jane Ball
APDP, APDPA, MA (Oxf), MA (Edin), Dip SW
Consultant, coach, change process designer and facilitator, educator and writer
1999: Jane joined Peter and others in Prison Dialogue to develop the practical application of dialogue in prisons, helping prisons to become humane and productive and enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. Over the following years, she worked with prison teams, whole prisons and seven prison systems in the US and UK.
2003: Jane and Peter co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Jane and Peter co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. Jane continues as a trustee of the charity. From 2019 to 2024, she has co-hosted the annual conference, with Peter and others, and has presented her work on many occasions. Her papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series.
2021: Jane joined the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in the consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the Academy’s accreditation programme Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners worldwide.
2023: Jane launched her podcast career with A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, interviewing Peter over 11 episodes about his book A New Kind of Dialogue.
2024: Jane established an international action research program, introducing dialogue into primary school classrooms.
2024: A lead in the inaugural Dialogic Intervention program for which she and Peter are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.
Jane Ball
APDP, APDPA, MA (Oxf), MA (Edin), Dip SW
Consultant, coach, change process designer and facilitator, educator and writer
1999: Jane joined Peter and others in Prison Dialogue to develop the practical application of dialogue in prisons, helping prisons to become humane and productive and enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. Over the following years, she worked with prison teams, whole prisons and seven prison systems in the US and UK.
2003: Jane and Peter co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Jane and Peter co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. Jane continues as a trustee of the charity. From 2019 to 2024, she has co-hosted the annual conference, with Peter and others, and has presented her work on many occasions. Her papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series.
2021: Jane joined the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in the consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the Academy’s accreditation programme Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners worldwide.
2023: Jane launched her podcast career with A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, interviewing Peter over 11 episodes about his book A New Kind of Dialogue.
2024: Jane established an international action research program, introducing dialogue into primary school classrooms.
2024: A lead in the inaugural Dialogic Intervention program for which she and Peter are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.
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Peter Garrett
APDP, APDPA
Author, consultant, coach, educator, program architect, entrepreneur
1983: Peter met the renowned theoretical physicist David Bohm, and worked with him for eight years to conceive of a way to move beyond fragmented understanding and conflictual thinking. Unrelated to negotiation or conflict resolution, this is a new kind of dialogue where people think from the perspective of the whole and together learn to understand each other and themselves.
1993: Peter Co-founded Prison Dialogue to research the impact of dialogue in high and maximum-security prisons, and to enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. He subsequently worked with prison teams, prisons and six different prison systems in US and UK.
2003: Peter and Jane co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Peter and Jane co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. From 2019 to 2024, they have co-hosted the annual conference, with others, and presented their work on many occasions. Their papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series, which Peter edits.
2018: Peter co-founded the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in rigorous consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the program now called Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
2021: Peter published A New Kind of Dialogue (Dialogue Publications, 444 pages) detailing his journey of discovery that resulted in professional dialogue and the formation of the Academy. Jane recorded interviews with Peter that were released in 2024 as a podcast (11 episodes)
2024: Peter and Jane initiated the Dialogic Intervention program for which they are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors. The robust consultation that led to the defining of the criteria for accreditation took some 27 months to formulate.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™ program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.
Peter Garrett
APDP, APDPA
Author, consultant, coach, educator, program architect, entrepreneur
1983: Peter met the renowned theoretical physicist David Bohm, and worked with him for eight years to conceive of a way to move beyond fragmented understanding and conflictual thinking. Unrelated to negotiation or conflict resolution, this is a new kind of dialogue where people think from the perspective of the whole and together learn to understand each other and themselves.
1993: Peter Co-founded Prison Dialogue to research the impact of dialogue in high and maximum-security prisons, and to enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. He subsequently worked with prison teams, prisons and six different prison systems in US and UK.
2003: Peter and Jane co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Peter and Jane co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. From 2019 to 2024, they have co-hosted the annual conference, with others, and presented their work on many occasions. Their papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series, which Peter edits.
2018: Peter co-founded the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in rigorous consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the program now called Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
2021: Peter published A New Kind of Dialogue (Dialogue Publications, 444 pages) detailing his journey of discovery that resulted in professional dialogue and the formation of the Academy. Jane recorded interviews with Peter that were released in 2024 as a podcast (11 episodes)
2024: Peter and Jane initiated the Dialogic Intervention program for which they are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors. The robust consultation that led to the defining of the criteria for accreditation took some 27 months to formulate.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™ program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
You can help to build the kind of team that you need to flourish in your work and career – a team where you feel comfortable, supported and encouraged to succeed. You will learn dialogic skills that enhance your own work as well as improving the team. The program activities encourage individuals to speak up genuinely, and for everyone’s views to be openly received and considered. This is a great opportunity to have a voice, be seen, and influence how the team grows. You may see your colleagues in a new light, just as they may recognize you differently.
How is Dialogic Teamwork relevant to me?
Dialogic Teamwork encourages respect within the team, leading to trust and more thoughtful listening to what colleagues mean. This engenders a more aware and intelligent team. The exercises in the program explore the organizational context and that helps to clarify the team’s direction and purpose. The performance of the team is enhanced by reviewing habitual but unhelpful patterns of team behavior - and the necessary emphasis on delivery is enriched by a pragmatic enquiry into how familiar the team is with its clients and support services.
What difference will it make to the team?
The program has a sequence of Steps that take the form of short (7 mins) video clips of the experienced originators of the program setting an exercise. The whole team learns by doing the exercise together and reflecting on what happened (drawing on experience). This is very different from being taught an answer and trying to remember it (drawing on recall). Each Step takes less than an hour and can be placed at the start of a regular meeting. There are four Parts each with a different perspective – the organization, the individual, the team and the whole.
How does it work?
Different teams work at different speeds. This is a self-managed program, led by the Team Lead or a member of the team, with no external facilitator. The aim is to have those conversations that make a difference, and that is different for every team. Each Part has four or five Steps, and a short-term project team could do all four Parts of the program online or off-site in less than a week. A regular team may choose to take a few months, and by doing so would benefit from greater retention of the dialogic skills.
How long does it take?
The Team Lead, or whomever they choose, will have access to all the video clips for the five Steps in the Part One. You will take the Steps with your team by watching the video clip and doing the exercises. You too will have access to the video clips, and you can watch them afterwards in your own time if you want to deepen your understanding and learning. The authors of the program have a eleven-episode podcast called A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, and there is a book with the same name by Peter Garrett.
What support do you provide?
Team Member
Team Lead
Your team can be much more than the sum of the individual members, because people can do more together than they can do on their own. Teams grow if the individuals in the team are engaged, clear about their purpose, trust one another, and are open about their thinking and experience. This is more so when the goals of the individuals, the team and the larger organization are aligned with one another. This is what the Dialogic Teamwork program brings into your team, enhancing your ongoing work together and your overall productivity.
Why invest in your team?
Following a sequence of one-hour Steps, the whole team learns how to use dialogic skills to talk, think and work together more effectively. It is a self-managed developmental process. At the outset of any team meeting, the team watches a short video clip (7 mins) where the authors of the program introduce an interesting participatory exercise. The video is paused whilst you try the activity, reflect, and learn from the dynamics and experience. Further learning is provided by completing the video clip. The content is your own immediate working situation, not distant case studies.
How does it work?
This is a self-managed process, and you can progress at whatever pace best suits the development of the team. There is a sequence of four Parts, each with a distinctly different perspective. Each Part has either four or five one-hour Steps that can be taken in separate team meetings, or off-site in a single day. A short-term project team may choose to complete the program in less than a week. Other teams may take four to nine months, choosing over time to deliberately embed the skills and dialogic way of working.
How long does it take?
Facilitation is provided by short Video Clips watched by the whole team together. As Team Leader, you could choose to run the program Steps yourself. Alternatively, it is often preferable to choose another team member to be Program Lead - that reduces the impact of hierarchy on the team dynamics. The Program Lead prepares the meeting room and video, manages the process of each Step, and completes the feedback forms. There could be one Program Lead, two team members could share the role, or the role could rotate amongst the team members.
Who runs the program?
On registration, you will be allocated a Client Manager as your liaison. They will outline the whole process and send Video Clip Step 0 to guide you and your Program Lead on how you set up your program. Every Step has short and clear Video Clips and Step Notes. Should you prefer individualized support, or have a special need or interest, this is available online from our Thinking Partners at an additional cost. The Thinking Partners are familiar with the program, can provide appropriate guidance and are registered Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners.
What help or support is available?
Jane Ball
APDP, APDPA, MA (Oxf), MA (Edin), Dip SW
Consultant, coach, change process designer and facilitator, educator and writer
1999: Jane joined Peter and others in Prison Dialogue to develop the practical application of dialogue in prisons, helping prisons to become humane and productive and enable the successful journey of prisoners back into the community. Over the following years, she worked with prison teams, whole prisons and seven prison systems in the US and UK.
2003: Jane and Peter co-founded the international consultancy Dialogue Associates, and have worked in the widest range of sectors, countries and organisations - engaging the most senior executive teams, shop floor supervisory teams, and all managerial teams in between.
2017: With others, Jane and Peter co-founded the Academy of Professional Dialogue, an international non-profit educational charity constituted to make professional dialogue available for the benefit of society. Jane continues as a trustee of the charity. From 2019 to 2024, she has co-hosted the annual conference, with Peter and others, and has presented her work on many occasions. Her papers, narratives and forewords have been published in The World Needs Dialogue! series.
2021: Jane joined the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board within the Academy and has been involved in the consultations to establish accreditation criteria for dialogue practitioners, dialogic organizations and dialogic intervention in organizations.
2020: Peter and Jane initiated the Academy’s accreditation programme Professional Dialogue One: A Different Way of Working. They are formally recognised as Accreditors by the Academy and have run the 100-hrs program five times, leading to the accreditation of over 50 Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioners worldwide.
2023: Jane launched her podcast career with A New Kind of Dialogue: The Podcast, interviewing Peter over 11 episodes about his book A New Kind of Dialogue.
2024: Jane established an international action research program, introducing dialogue into primary school classrooms.
2024: A lead in the inaugural Dialogic Intervention program for which she and Peter are formally recognised by the Academy of Professional Dialogue as Accreditors.
2024: Peter and Jane originated and authored the innovative Dialogic Teamwork™program that is the first whole-team and self-managed developmental program. They facilitate the experiential learning process through short video clips, drawing on and sharing their extensive experience.