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InDialogue

InDialogue

By Dialogica

An unfolding plethora of open conversations with surprise guests (you!), around presence, interconnectedness, healing, coaching, therapy, autism, sense-making, culture, systems, neurodiversity, spirituality, education... whatever! Join us for increasingly diversifying, fragmenting, fractalizing, fizzing weekly generative dialogue calls at: dialogica.uk/indialogue

Est. 2017.
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The Steve Silberman Interview, bestselling author of Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

InDialogueApr 29, 2019

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We're back! Launching the ADA Pathway!
Mar 22, 202429:38
In Dialogue with Jacob Kishere, Transformative Dialogue facilitator.
Aug 21, 202250:49
In Dialogue with Klas Orsvärn, dialogue researcher and ex-computer, AI and systems scientist.

In Dialogue with Klas Orsvärn, dialogue researcher and ex-computer, AI and systems scientist.

Interview conducted between South-West France and Klas' home in Sweden. Klas investigates dialogue and states "My biggest insight from 20+ years of IT entrepreneurship is that we know so little about human cooperation. I believe this lack of understanding contributes to most of the difficulties in organizations, as well as to the crises we see in the world. This issue has been the topic of management research for decades. I'm optimistic about a paradigm shift and feel a mission to contribute.  He spent two years on the multi-disciplinary research programme on complexity in management, founded by Ralph Stacey, at the University of Hertfordshire, UK - rooted in complexity theory, process sociology, pragmatic philosophy, and psychosocial group analysis and who also was instrumental in the founding of Group Analysis, a group therapeutic approach.  Klas investigates how dialogue can emerge between people and what can prevent it, with others who share the interest, researchers and practitioners.

Jul 08, 202232:13
Raw discussion with the unique and fabulous, US based autistic coach, Heather Cook.

Raw discussion with the unique and fabulous, US based autistic coach, Heather Cook.

Jun 30, 202239:59
In Conversation with Kai Syng Tan

In Conversation with Kai Syng Tan

An introduction to the unstoppable Dr Kai Syng Tan FRSA SFHEA Programme Leader, MA/MFA Executive Arts Leadership who's been involved in over 900 shows and who I'm in conversation with here, take a look at the quote below and the website link. This is an improvised, stimulating and hyperactive but relaxed conversation about messy entanglements and tentacularity, no less. Needless to say, the link between contemporary fine arts and dialogue is crucial, as I realised some 12 years ago and find in Kai a kindred spirit...

"I use artistic/creative practices and research, interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogues and collaborations as processes of interrogation and expression, to energise, disrupt, connect, and catalyse new conversations towards change. I mobilise the body and mind in motion as modes of creative intervention to trouble and trespass borders/silos/‘norms’ (geopolitical, disciplinary, cultural) amid a world in motion/commotion. Scampering within/between/across crevices and boundaries, I engineer spaces of ‘productive antagonisms’ (Latham and Tan 2016) in a distinctive ‘ill-disciplined’ (Tan & Asherson 2018) approach, gathering diverse and divergent bodies and bodies of knowledge to generate new insights to issues/tasks. There are multiple, overlapping strands, including around: leadership, running, mind wandering and neurodiversity, (im)mobilities and borders, disability, health, gender and technology." - KS

Kai is currently working on a project to theorise neurodivergent leadership.

https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/kstan

Jun 29, 202246:27
What is Dialogue Village? Quick intro by Jonny Drury (founder).

What is Dialogue Village? Quick intro by Jonny Drury (founder).

Dialogue Village is an online hub where our amazing, diverse global community (this means YOU!), can converge, relax and communicate in great ways together for a little while on the journey, and leave feeling invigorated, educated, inspired and loved...!

All these good things we get from connecting and communicating well.

Let’s meet at the Dialogue Village - and put the being back into being human. And the communicating back into community...

We hope you enjoy and get the most out of your time in the village.

Increasing insight, enhancing communication and celebrating unity in diversity through better Dialogue.

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Jun 15, 202205:32
Katherine Long - Wisdom of Self-Healing Systems

Katherine Long - Wisdom of Self-Healing Systems

A fascinating insight into patterns in nature and applying the principle of regeneration of self-healing systems into human development. With over 20 years in leadership and organisation development, coach training and supervision, Katherine weaves together a rich harvest of wisdom to support leaders and coaches bring regenerative, living systems principles into life and work.

Jun 06, 202235:30
Dialogic interview with Johann Botha

Dialogic interview with Johann Botha

Johann Botha of GSA Mindworks.  Presence, dialogue as social meditation | imagination | integrity meaning undivided whole | Bohm: - approaching coherence | professional and personal life being multi-faceted | restrictions of categorising each other | Alchemy and an upcoming festival in the Namibian desert | genuinely, imaginatively participating and vision sharing | participatory dialogue processes, storytelling & wayfinding conversations....

May 24, 202234:06
Dr. Matthew Belmonte, autism scientist (MIT, NTU) and nice guy, interview, May 2022, England.

Dr. Matthew Belmonte, autism scientist (MIT, NTU) and nice guy, interview, May 2022, England.

Matthew is a nice guy and I like him, he is a friend I've known for a few years. He's always wearing a long, Indian style chemise when I see him. He has an autistic brother who's never spoken.  He attended several 'Autism Dialogue' group sessions in Sheffield in 2019-2020. 

Matthew thought we were just meeting for coffee in Sheffield, England (the banana bread was very nice too) then when I sprung on him I wanted to interview him, he thought for a moment about what we shared in common and then looked towards the intersection between my work in autism dialogue and his life and work.  He has a very interesting take on autism, genetics and the world and this chat had a slightly abstract quality to it because we were more like 'feeling' our way into thinking together, as in genuine dialogue. Indeed, Matthew insightfully explains how generative, equity-based dialogue is a joint exploration that unfolds and enfolds meaning in situ, and allows us to see the subtle, systemic dynamics at play for us, all the time.  I enjoyed listening to him and watching him speak with his glowing face, soft American accent and bright green coat, while the birds sang round us and he pointed out that every person walking by has their own unique story.  - Jonny Drury

May 18, 202221:32
Interview with Rees Finlay, ‘legendary’ autistic graphic artist.

Interview with Rees Finlay, ‘legendary’ autistic graphic artist.

Interview with Rees Finlay exploring a range of serious & fun topics, mostly around Rees' autism, in a realistic but sensitive way. Rees is about to launch an exciting self-made graphic novella about his journey to diagnosis. 52 mins.
Oct 09, 201953:03
Jonathan Drury at The Systemic Practice and Autism Conference

Jonathan Drury at The Systemic Practice and Autism Conference

FRIDAY 5TH JULY 2019. POSTGRADUATE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON,
Autism Dialogue’s Jonathan Drury gave a talk at the above event and convened a short dialogue with a range of professionals in the field.
Dr. Simon announced that a collection of writings in a book is planned for 2020 and we have been invited to submit a chapter proposal.
“There are quite a few systemic practitioners using systemic ways of thinking and communicating with neuro-diverse groups of people. So far, this work is happening in isolated pockets. The intention of this event is to bring together systemic practitioners and create more of a cohesive community of systemic practice and research in this area of lived experience.
This conference invites and encourages proposals for presentations which take into account the practices of power in how we use language and how we position ourselves when speaking about our conversations with people. Presenters and workshop hosts are encouraged to adopt an alongside position rather than purely an about-ness position (Shotter 2011).” from Uni of Beds website
Jul 22, 201927:58
Interview with Anna Nibbs, autistic adult, parent and education professional.

Interview with Anna Nibbs, autistic adult, parent and education professional.

Anna Nibbs is a Learning and Teaching Enhancement Adviser at the University of Sheffield. 

She is autistic.  

In this wide-ranging conversation recorded on 3rd May 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Anna provides an expert and experiential view of individual and systemic issues in health and well being and inclusion in the workplace.  Also covered is neurodiversity, autistic culture shift, disability models, combatting anxiety, mentoring, leadership and Autism Dialogue, in which Anna has participated since early 2018.  

Anna states, “I had a clued up manager who realised my issues were an Occupational Health thing. Her question was what does this person need in order to work well. Regardless of a diagnosis, what does this person need in order to do their job?  That really should be how everything should be, really”  

“If the systems are poor and the experience of the workplace is poor, it saps energy and resources which means that there’s less energy available to deliver a good service to the end user. For me as a disabled person, an autistic person, I think that’s a huge thing because so much of our internal resources are sapped away before we’ve even got a chance to use them for the good that we want to bring into the world.”  

“There’s a lot of talk about health and wellbeing but a lot of it is sticking plasters that don’t address the systemic cause of low well-being and mental illness among students and staff.’  Dr. Luke Beardon stated Autism + Environment = Outcome, but often the environment is not even paid any heed to.”  “One of the things that I’m interested in, is the skills that disabled people (more generally), but autistic people have, that are being used in ways often just to survive, and to keep safe, and to protect, or look after others in the community, and therefore are not being recognised as something that they’re using professionally.   Things like advocacy, mentoring, coaching and collaboration.  Autistic people are supposed to not be able to do team work and yet you see online the networking, the collaboration, the joint group projects often managed with so limited resources, and if that isn’t team work I don’t know what is!  And actually a lot this stuff is invisible and is not acknowledged for the high level skilled work that it is.  Many workplace practices are not inclusive and not accessible, those skills are being used just to enable that person to get by. And this is the thing about organisational user experience."

www.sheffield.ac.uk/staff/spotlight/ukdhm17/anna-nibbs  

www.mamapineappleblog.wordpress.com  

www.autismdialogue.org

May 08, 201943:06
The Steve Silberman Interview, bestselling author of Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

The Steve Silberman Interview, bestselling author of Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Interview with Steve Silberman, 25th April 2019. (32mins).  

The interview, recorded on 24th April 2019, starts with a friendly exchange around common creative interests and alternative art forms. The conversation then moves to examine a perceived autism culture shift, from the wide systemic damage caused by the medical model of disability and Kanner’s default pathologising, to the ever-present fractiousness in the autism community. Extreme imbalances in research outlay and general ignorance are explored, and finally the growing strengths based perspectives and looking hopefully forward to more harmonious, productive dialogue in the autism community... perhaps as Neurotribes!  Steve also makes an exclusive announcement of a new book.  Read the full Autism Dialogue UK report at www.autismdialogue.org  

Steve Silberman is an award-winning investigative reporter and has covered science and cultural affairs for Wired and other national magazines for more than twenty years. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, TIME, Nature and Salon. His ground-breaking book on autism, NEUROTRIBES: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently, won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2015 and is a worldwide bestseller. In 2001, he published "The Geek Syndrome," one of the first articles in the mainstream press to probe the complex relationship between autism and genius. The article was praised by experts in the field like neurologist Oliver Sacks and author Temple Grandin.  Steve Silberman is a former teaching assistant for the poet Allen Ginsberg, has won numerous awards over the years for his science coverage in the New Yorker, Nature and many other national and international magazines. www.stevesilberman.com. Photo credit Mike Mermin.

Apr 29, 201931:24
Interview with Holly Bridges, author, keynote speaker, therapist and inventor of the Autism Reframe Technique (A.R.T).
Mar 11, 201937:03
Interview with Caroline Pakel, creative facilitator, coach and founder of 'To the Heart'.
Mar 03, 201936:09
Part 2 - Autism Dialogue 2018 Conferene

Part 2 - Autism Dialogue 2018 Conferene

The recordings from Part 2 of the Autism Dialogue Conference, Sheffield, UK, 14th December, 2018.

Jennifer Layton Annable – Autism researcher.
Panda Mery – Almost too calm neurodivergent researcher.
James Pelham – Autscape.
Dinah Murray – Participatory Autism Research Collective.
Libby Scott – Autistic 10yr old renowned blogger.
Kym Scott – Early Years Trainer and Consultant.
Lisa Reidy – Sheffield Hallam Autism Research Partnership.
Hester Reeve – Reader in Fine Art and Bohm Dialogue tutor, Sheffield Hallam University.

www.autismdialogue.org

Dec 30, 201849:49
Part 1 - 2018 Autism Dialogue Conference - keynote talks.

Part 1 - 2018 Autism Dialogue Conference - keynote talks.

The Inaugural Conference of Autism Dialogue on 14th December 2018, Sheffield UK. This episode is the keynote speeches from:
Jonathan Drury (Autism Dialogue)
Jane Ball (co-founder Academy of Professional Dialogue)
Carol Povey (Director of the Centre for Autism, National Autistic Society) Anna Nibbs (Learning and Teaching Enhancement Adviser, University of Sheffield)

www.autismdialogue.org

Dec 18, 201801:01:39