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Jul 17, 2012

"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change." --Thich Nhat Hanh

Awakening Our Collaborative Spirit

"The notion that open and honest collaboration allows thinking to grow as a collective phenomenon can be traced back to Socrates and other thinkers in ancient Greece. Socrates and his friends so revered the concept of group dialogue that they bound themselves by principles of discussion that they established to maintain a sense of collegiality. These principles were known as 'Koinonia' which means spirit of fellowship." This Psychology today article delves into each of the ten principles.