Reflection #2: Imagining Change
MGMT 395: Social Justice Leadership
A working definition of ‘Dialogue’ is the practice of building shared meaning. It imagines that
our inability to get on the same page prevents us from solving problems we care about. It
recognizes that often our disagreements aren’t even about the real concerns or positions we hold,
but some caricature or stereotype we hold about ‘the other side.’ Dialogue helps us get past that.
It doesn’t mean we end up agreeing. But at least we’ll know what our real differences are, and
maybe what real possibilities exist to work together better. It’s not consensus. It doesn’t water
down differences. At the end of the day I am still free to make my best choices. But if dialogue is
done well,