“A number of us had conversations with the Kerry campaign about what he was going to say about CAFE. What he told us was that he did not want to sacrifice jobs and that he wanted to work with the auto industry to achieve that goal.” WantWantedJobsGoalNumbersSacrificeAchieveIndustryConversationCampaignsCafesAuto Industry Author:Jennifer Granholm
“Language matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.” MatterAmericaPoliticsLanguageAchieveConversationHarderDebateOutcomesTelling The TruthDrowningOrwellianAlready Won Book:Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life Source: Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life
“Click, clack, click, clack, went their conversation, like so many knitting-needles, purl, plain, purl, plain, achieving a complex pattern of references, cross-references, Christian names, nicknames, and fleeting allusions.” ChristianNamesWomenAchieveConversationCrossesComplexesPatternsFleetingNeedlesClicksNicknamesKnittingAllusionKnitting Needles Author:Vita Sackville-West
“Generative ideas emerge from joint thinking, from significant conversations, and from sustained, shared struggles to achieve new insights from partners in thought.” ThinkingIdeasStruggleAchieveConversationInsightPartnersSignificantJoints Book:Creative Collaboration Source: Creative Collaboration
“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.” AbleOrderDifficultGoalSimpleAbilityLevelsPowerfulCommonEmotionLeaderGreaterTeamInfluenceAchieveBuildingCommunicationTypeConversationConflictMembersPerformancesComplexesDialoguePerformingInteractionDiverseEngagingAlignmentHallmarkOrganizationalTeam MemberCommon GoalDifficult ConversationsDiverse Teams Author:George Kohlrieser
“The act of collaboration must start with dialogue. You cannot build relationships without having an understanding of your potential partners, and you cannot achieve that understanding without a special form of communication that goes beyond ordinary conversation.” FormUnderstandingAchieveSpecialCommunicationConversationOrdinaryPartnersDialogueCollaboration Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“That first of all feeds into what I do and secondly, it is emblematic of what I hope to achieve through what I do. That is to say all those conversations that are a result of it are the sorts of conversations that I think are the ultimate, most valuable by-product of what I'm doing.” ThinkingFirstsResultsAchieveProductsConversationUltimateValuable Author:Jonathon Keats
“What we were most hoping to achieve with Shots Fired: empathy for all of the characters and conversations about our criminal justice system, which is broken on every level, from the street all the way up to the highest level of government.” WayCharacterGovernmentJusticeLevelsStreetsAchieveBrokenConversationHighestEmpathyShotsCriminalsJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood