Turning to one another : simple conversations to restore hope to the future / Margaret J. Wheatley.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149).

pt. 1. Turning to one another -- Welcome -- Why I wrote this book -- How to use this book -- Can we restore hope to the future? -- What I believe at this time -- Simple processes -- The courage of conversation -- The practice of conversation -- Willing to be disturbed -- pt. 2. A place to pause and reflect -- pt. 3. Conversation starters -- Now it's your turn -- 1. Do I feel a vocation to be fully human? -- 2. What is my faith in the future? -- 3. What do I believe about others? -- 4. What am I willing to notice in my world? -- 5. When have I experienced good listening? -- 6. Am I willing to reclaim time to think? -- 7. What is the relationship I want with the earth? -- 8. What is my unique contribution to the whole? -- 9. When have I experienced working for the common good? -- 10. When do I experience sacred? -- Gestures of love -- Turning to one another -- References -- About the author -- A story from the Aztec people.

Discusses the power of conversation and the conditions--simplicity, personal courage, listening, and diversity--that support it and explains how such conversations can lead to essential social change on both a local and global scale.