Professional dialogue



Dialogue, according to David Bohm's book On Dialogue (1990), is a social and psychological activity in which together we try to reach a better understanding. In a dialogic discussion, others are met as equals and as equals, with dignity, respecting different thoughts and interests. Speeches are taken and used equally. Being dialogic helps to meet people from different cultural backgrounds. Being dialogic helps to face different cultures and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Dialogical skills are honed by practicing, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Temperament has an effect. A person with an active temperament is naturally involved and takes up space. Withdrawal temperaments are more likely to follow on the sidelines. In a dialogical conversation, the active temperament has to learn to give space to others, and the withdrawn temperament to take space and position. What is essential is a genuine meeting, where thinking and discussing together is successful despite different temperaments or cultural backgrounds. Will understand people's different starting points, feelings, ways of thinking and beliefs. Move forward by building consensus. Dialogue gives a person the feeling that his thoughts are important, "I exist, I belong to this group".

In dialogic inventing, it is important to be present and actively listen, to meet people genuinely and sincerely. To truly listen to what the other person says and means. After that, one's own points of view are re-evaluated based on what the other person wanted to say. If person do not understand the matter, you can ask questions to clarify your understanding. we try to find key words in the speeches, and based on them we inquire with open questions. If a person believes and trusts that people's perspectives are valuable, he dares to trust that he too is listened to, and therefore dares to express her views and thoughts openly, and exposes herself to the influence of other interlocutors.

Debate differs from dialogue in that its goal is to defend one's own point of view against the other's claim.  In a debate, one's own position is correct, and the opponent's position is approximately wrong. The purpose is not to reach an agreement on issues, but being right and winning is the most important thing. You can win or lose a debate. But there are no winners or losers in dialogue. Pursuing one's own interests is not a dialogue. Still, an argument doesn't have to be just a confrontation. Even in that, some common views can finally be accepted. In a debate, the parties can listen to each other, and then respond with well-reasoned arguments.

 

Hamk Multimediapaja. 2014. Miten dialogi eroaa tavanomaisesta keskustelusta. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YO1UO7Hf4 Accessed on 7.2.2025

Holm, R. Poutanen, P. Ståhle, P. 2018. Mikä tekee dialogin: Dialogisen vuorovaikutuksen tunnuspiirteet ja edellytykset. Sitra. Retrieved from: https://www.sitra.fi/artikkelit/mika-tekee-dialogin-dialogisen-vuorovaikutuksen-tunnuspiirteet-ja-edellytykset/ Accessed on 7.2.2025

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