Juanita Brown - The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter

We are deeply grateful for the reflections of key colleagues around the world who have reviewed advance copies of this book and offered their diverse perspectives on its relevance for our readers.

After all these years, I can still remember my first World Caf! Our success with the Commons Caf would not have been possible without this groundbreaking work.
Sharif Abdullah, founder,the Commonway Institute, and author ofCreating a World that Works for All

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World Caf conversations are one of the best ways I know to truly enhance knowledge sharing and tap into collective intelligence. The few simple principles in this book can lead to conscious conversations with the power to change not only the individuals who participate, but also our collective future.
Verna Allee, author ofThe KnowledgeEvolutionandThe Future of Knowledge

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The wisdom of many voices speaks from these pages! May we take seriously their invitation to call forth what has heart and meaning in our world through conversations that matter.
Tom Atlee, founder, The Co-IntelligenceInstitute, and author ofThe Tao of Democracy

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The capacity to see the world of the other sounds simple, but it is not. Yet it is the core of creating a new human history together. The World Caf and this book serve as an inspiration to help make that possible.
Lic. Esteban Moctezuma Barragan,Mexicos former Minister ofSocial Development

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The prevailing wisdom is that talk is cheap and that its a poor, timid substitute for action. This warm and inviting book demonstrates that conversation is action, because it is the wellspring from which relationships and trust are generated and informed decisions grow.
Thomas F. Beech, President and CEO,Fetzer Institute

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The challenge of leadership in these times of breathtaking speed and exhausting complexity is to find creative ways to embrace the future, and let go of the past. World Caf dialogue provide us the opportunity to do just that. br/>Paul Borawski, Executive Directorand Chief Strategic Officer,American Society for Quality

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Understanding the World Cafs fascinating model of a living social system is essential for the understanding of life and leadership in human organizations.
Fritjof Capra, author ofThe Web of LifeandThe Hidden Connections

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The World Caf couldnt be more timely. It offers inspiration and practical guidance to those who want to convene groupseven very large groupsfor conversations that stimulate hope, creativity, and collective commitment.
Laura Chasin, founder and Director,Public Conversations Project

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This book and the stories in it offer hope for addressing complex challenges and provide methods for strengthening family and community relationships. It is truly a work of art and a very important contribution.
Rita Cleary, co-founder,Visions of a Better World Foundation

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World Caf conversations touch the heart of what human being or being human means. By cherishing and including diverse voices, this book models the very nature of collective knowledge that is the heart of the World Caf approach to dialogue.
Sara Cobb, Director, Institute for ConflictAnalysis and Resolution, George MasonUniversity, and former Executive Director,Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School

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The invention of the World Caf approach to constructive conversation is a tremendous step forward. If it can be applied widely there is a good chance that this world will be a much happier and more productive place.
Napier Collyns, co-founder,Global Business Network

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What a great piece of work and contribution to the world! The World Caf gives you the confidence to begin a new way of learning together creating a safe environment to surface important questions and to make a real difference.
Kevin Cushing, CEO, AlphaGraphics, Inc.

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This book lives its message of dialoguewith multiple voices that increase our mutual intelligence through its broad and deep insights into the magic of collective wisdom.
Leif Edvinsson, Professor of IntellectualCapital, University of Lund, Sweden

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Those of us who help lead cities and local communities must bring the World Caf, with its creative way of having productive conversations, into our public discourse.
Ed Everett, City Manager,Redwood City, California

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The World Caf is a practical, robust, and resilient approach for engaging with complex but important questionscreating outcomes that are seen as having deep legitimacy and therefore are more likely to be acted upon.
Martin Fischer, Senior Leadership Advisor,British National Health Service

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The World Caf is a powerful process for catalyzing conversations that matterand that can heal. This book shows you how to use that processand then watch the sparks fly!
Mark Gerzon, President,Mediators Foundation, andauthor ofLeading Beyond Borders: Tools forTransforming Conflict Into Synergy

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In this groundbreaking book, Juanita Brown and the World Caf community offer the world a gift: a simple, brilliant, beautiful process for creating quality conversations about important issues, during one of the most divisive times in our history.
Sandy Heierbacher, Director, NationalCoalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

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The World Caf is a remarkably efficient and natural way for the system to see (and hear) itselfa critical capacity in our complex world. It has helped our SoL community work on important current issues and build relationships that last for years.
C. Sherry Immediato,Managing Director and President,Society for Organizational Learning (SoL)

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In the decade of dilemmas ahead we need more conversations that matter and fewer speeches that dont. We need to learn in new ways. The World Caf is an immediate and practical resource for that learning.
Bob Johansen, Senior Vice President andDistinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future

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The World Caf works like the window of a cathedral whose light reminds people to tap into their innate sources of natural wisdom. This book is a living story with many profound insights. It helps us create lives that matter through conversations that live.
Rev. Jan Willem Kirpestein, founder, andJohan Bontje, Senior Advisor, Encounter ofWorldviews Foundation, The Netherlands

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The principles for hosting strategic conversations shared in this book have been the foundation of our Executive MBA program. Why? Because they work!
Robert Lengel, Associate Dean forExecutive Education and Director of the