TOC for Intercultural Dialogue

 

Intercultural dialogue is first and formost a dialogue between people and dialogue is something that we learn to do. In order to be able to have a true  dialogue, people need to learn how to overcome the fear of „otherness“ through understanding their own needs and the needs of others and analysing their assumptions about themselves and others.

 

It is in human nature to have  resistance to change and it is in human capacity to be able to overcome this resistance.

 

TOC thinking and communication tools provide us with the means to systematically develop the skills necessary for achieving a true dialogue. These tools have been successfully used for 30 years in different areas, but whatever the area, the focus in using the tools has always been on building people’s abilities to communicate well, solve problems, resolve conflicts, work in teams and make strategic plans for achieving ambitious targets.

 

It is precisely these abilities that we believe are also needed for developing a dialogue between cultures.