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Meet Daniel. I design conversations for a living and so do you. Our lives are defined by the conversations we can and can’t have. Our teams and organizations are defined by the conversations they can and can’t have. Leadership is the art of creating the conditions for a transformative conversation. Conversations are the smallest unit of change.
The Conversation Factory is Daniel Stillman’s Conversation Laboratory. Daniel designs conversations for a living, and insists that you do, too. He works with organizations like Google, Nike and Visa to help them frame and sustain productive dialog, deepen their facilitation skills, and coach them through the innovation process.
Daniel Stillman designs conversations for a living and insists that you do, too. As an executive coach and facilitator, he works with the leaders of companies of all shapes and sizes on their leadership and team dynamics as well as on product and organizational innovation.
- Anticipation Over Reaction
- Design Implies A Theory of Change
- Mental Models Built The System
- How to Bring Systems Thinking Into Your Work
Who wouldn’t prefer to see around corners and anticipate challenges before they unfold? Systems Thinking suggests that the path towards anticipation lies in seeing the unseen. We can only see the visible world - Trends and Patterns are seen with the mind’s eye if we sit with the questions “What has been happening?” Only then can we begin to deduce ...
Once we start to see a pattern or trend emerging we have two options - intervene now to make a change and/or make a change next time,before it happens. This is the dream of every time-travel movie - go back before something terrible has happened and make sure it doesn’t. As facilitators, leaders and change agents, the question is always: “What can ...
The deepest level of change for a system is shifting the way the people in the system think. Most systems are co-created and co-evolved, over time. People with positional power set certain rules and structures, and people give those structures power by participating in them, giving them legitimacy. Over time, people shift the system just by using i...
The main way is by taking time to think. It’s rare, and hard to do, but reflection time is always productive. Linked above is my essay on reflection. It’s specifically about year-end reflections, but the models and frameworks can be applied to any project or team. Retrospecting is key to any leadership practice. Set aside an hour by yourself or wit...
View Daniel Stillman’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Drawing on more than a decade in the product design and innovation world, I help leaders…
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Dec 14, 2023 · Author of Good Talk and host of The Conversation Factory podcast, Daniel Stillman shares insights from his journey through user experience research and industrial design into designing conversations between people.
Jun 20, 2023 · Daniel Stillman, an executive coach, and facilitator, is an authority in the field of conversational leadership. With a wealth of experience as a conversation designer and an author, Daniel has dedicated his career to enhancing the way we communicate.
