“A Dialogical Approach to the Creation of New Knowledge in Organizations” by Haridimos Tsoukas [Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) #24]

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Today’s offering is an interesting article by one of my favorite complexity theorists and systems thinkers Haridimos Tsoukas on discourse and how people can change minds and perspectives through the exchange of ideas. There are perhaps 10x theorists out there that I recommend “read everything you can ever find by them”, and Tsoukas is one. His work is fantastic, relatively easy to read, and prolific on topics and depth. While I try to make as many article recommendations in this ongoing series easily accessible or free (no paywall) to readers, this is one of them that is behind an academic paywall. Readers in the military should contact their base or post librarian to get a…