ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THIS BOOK WAS BORN out of a forty-year conversation that I’ve been having with myself. It would have remained just that had it not been for Johanna Vondeling at Berrett-Koehler Publishers, who has been a friend, creative sounding board, and caring steward of this writing effort.

Many of the insights and stories in this book came from interviews with leaders and facilitators who live on five continents and who have dedicated their lives to improving the world by convening conversations that matter. I am proud to call them my colleagues and friends and am deeply appreciative of their wisdom and generosity. They are Margo Adair, Rachel Bagby, Ingrid Bens, Tree Bressen, Beatrice Briggs, Mary Campbell, Sherri Cannon, Chris Corrigan, ...

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