Dialogue requires an open mind, patience and deep listening...(discussion v dialogue and debate v dialogue)

A good conversation can’t be hurried, it needs time in which to meander its way to revelation and insight.

KATRINA KENISON a "good conversation" is a dialogue! Discussion tends to encourage individual sharing, sometimes at the expense of listening to and inquiring about others' perspectives. In dialogue, one listens to the other side(s) in order to understand, find meaning, and points of connection. BREAKING DOWN THE WORD DIS, CUSSING, PERSCUSSION, CONCUSSION, RON ALEXANDER Monologue is typically a tedious speech said by one person during a conversation; An absence of interaction. At work, this is when someone talks to you. In contrast, a dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. When someone talks with you. Abstract. The word dialogue traces its origin to the Greek dialogos. Logos is “word,” but it also has the more general meaning, “speech,” and dia means “through.” Dia therefore suggests movement.