# Introduction to Conversations Perhaps we can discover patterns of conversation types and then learn and document useful interconnections as a language for designing communication over time as situations arise.
I have been interested is more clarity about conversations so we can be more creative as well as fitting. When I say the clarity and power of such distinctions with Bob Dunham / Fernando Flores Conversation for Action.
We need a taxonomy of conversation types. Then the pattern language will help coordinate communication.
# A conversation tool kit? Dialogue Action Conversation Appreciative Inquiry When and Where Conversations for Relationships
What are the Dimensions of Conversations? * Openness * Exploration * Sharing (telling) * Discussing (dialogic) discovery though conflict * Listening to each other * Diagramatic conversations (causal) whiteboard * Stories * Instruction * Spiritual-poetic * Music as conversation? * Graphic art as a conversation? * Participatory * Explore WHEN? WHERE? WHY?, WHO? HOW? WHAT? * Symmetry with Alexander's 15 Properties of Wholeness * Bill Smith's Appreciation-Ideals, Influence-Values, Control-Goals * Action (conversation) agreements, clarity, negotiation, renege, commit, breakdowns, * Fijian dialogue (kava in evening) * Trust * Fear * Five Thinking Hats: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Black * Ten Walking Shoes * Strategy * Generative * Domination (control over) * Mislead, obfuscation, deception, propoganda * Syntegration functions * Five women in a neighborhood