Conversational Capacity

Craig Weber

I talk a lot about dialogue and how important it is. But am I any good at it? I suppose I’m better than some, but I would not say I’ve mastered it. So I decided to read up on the topic. How can I improve my skills at dialogue. And I stumbled on this book. Craig Weber gives the skill a name, Conversational Capacity. He then looks at what makes it so hard to hold a dialogue, especially in stressful situations, and how we can counter our instincts which work against us. Both as individuals and as teams. Towards the end of the book he also digs in to how we can use this skill to learn together and become adaptive thinkers. And he touches leadership and how we can lead a team or organisation towards higher conversational capacity.

All in all it’s a very worthwhile book with a lot of practical advice on how to improve our conversational capacity. I think it’s an important book to read. But don’t stop there. It’s also a great book to use for a book study group where you learn this skill together.