Achieving consensus in a fractured world by Scott Zedack and Lindsay Uittenbogaard.

The words ‘consensus’, ‘coherence’, and ‘shared reality’ come up with frequency at Drinking Dialogue sessions, as inevitably they would, after all, dialogue is all about creating shared meaning. In this session we go deep….

• We’ll explore why shared meaning can be such a difficult process and how Mirror Neurons can help
• We’ll critique a not-quite-yet-released approach* to accelerating team dialogues, while simultaneously practicing and observing your own dialogue skills
• And we’ll get back to the essential link from dialogue to action.

*This is Mirror Mirror - it was presented at DD a couple of years ago. It’s a way to capture perspectives of team members on aspects of their own effectiveness, turn the inputs into data, then combine the results to see where the group lands and how their perspectives contrast. The low scoring items show where focus is needed. Sounds pretty good - but why wasn’t it taking off?

We’re now emerging from a phase of metamorphosis with Mirror Mirror. We’d like to show you what we’re about to take to market and want to hear your reactions. All you need to do is bring an open mind, and be ready for some intentional listening, respecting, suspending, and voicing (as advised by William Isaac).

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J Scott Zedack
Scott’s career spans the roles of performer, salesman, consultant, coach, leadership development practitioner, L&D professional, and entrepreneur. From driving growth in the hospitality industry, to establishing FedEx across the Asia Pacific; from delivering consulting services for Ernst & Young, to running his own consulting business: the constant throughline is about helping people achieve their potential by sharing knowledge, lighting fires of curiosity, and discovering new possibilities. Now Co-CEO of global start-up Mirror Mirror Alignment, Scott helps teams ‘look in the mirror’ to turn misalignments into effective action using a combined diagnostic and dialogic approach. He is fascinated by human potential and devoutly believes that the machines will not replace us… yet!

Lindsay Uittenbogaard
Lindsay began her career as an entrepreneur, founding a ride-share start-up for students in the UK. She went on to lead more small businesses before making the shift to Employee Communications with a global organization in the Netherlands in 2001. Over the following 15 years, working across Energy, IT, and Telecoms sectors, she saw a ‘fog’ of misalignment between people in complex organizations. While this seemed accepted as normal, she saw it as undermining and avoidable. Frustration led to inspiration and in 2016 she founded Mirror Mirror, a data-driven alignment approach helping people in teams become more connected and effective.

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