David Gurteen

Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop | Conversational Leadership Event: Gurteen Knowledge Café Workshop

Knowledge Café Online Workshop March 2026

Join me on 11 March 2026 for an online Knowledge Café Workshop. I will show you how to design and host your own Knowledge Café, online or in person.

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Gurteen Knowledge Letter February 2026 | Conversational Leadership Gurteen Knowledge Letter February 2026

The February Gurteen Knowledge Letter is out. I look ahead to the year, reflect on Conversational Leadership, the limits of KM, the use of generative AI with care, & touch on griefbots and memorybots.

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I'm running Zoom-based Knowledge Cafés on Conversational Leadership. February introduces the practice and why it matters. March covers designing and hosting your own Cafés. conversational-leadership.net/events-future/ #km #kmers #knowledgemanagement

We often assume that Knowledge Management originated in the 1990s. But that is a fiction. KM began much earlier, 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, not in offices or labs, but around a fire.

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Fools' Certainty | Conversational Leadership The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. | Bertrand Russell

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. Credit: Bertrand Russell

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Where Knowledge Goes to Die Most reports look like knowledge, but they’re really memorials to it.

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How to check if an argument is valid | Psyche Guides In logic, validity is prime. If you want to make valid arguments, or sniff out invalid ones, here’s what you need to do

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Why GPT-5 Fails: Science Proves AGI is a Myth With OpenAI's recent release of ChatGPT 5, it seems more and more evident that AI advancement is slowing down. But the reason behind that is more than just technical hurdles like hardware, algorithm,…

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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI Recent studies split almost 50-50.

Teaching Dialogic Intelligence with AI open.substack.com/pub/rupertwe... #ai #intelligence #education #teaching #learning #RupertWegerif #ConversationalLeadership

What Is Communityship? | Conversational Leadership Communityship is a practice where community members take responsibility for that community's growth and development.

Leadership often centres on individuals, but communityship values shared responsibility, nurturing relationships, and collective contribution to the growth and well-being of all.
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What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT? Chatbots have been criticized as perfect plagiarism tools. The truth is more surprising.

What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT? Chatbots have been criticized as perfect plagiarism tools. The truth is more surprising. buff.ly/SmkLC3u #chatgpt #ai #genai #writing #km #kmers

AI Alignment Problem: “Human Values” don’t Actually Exist — LessWrong Previous posts in the series: “What AI Safety Researchers Have Written About the Nature of Human Values”, Possible Dangers of the Unrestricted Value…

This article argues that AI safety based on “human values” is risky since values shift, conflict, and aren’t always good; better models of motivation or capability limits may be safer.

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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #chatGPT #OpenAI #GenAI #AGI #km #kmers #values

Gurteen Knowledge Letter August 2025 | Conversational Leadership Gurteen Knowledge Letter August 2025

Issue 302 of my Knowledge Letter is out. I explore hidden habits, fragile ideas, schismogenesis, and the choice between conversation and conflict. Plus, a quick experiment with summarizing audio. #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers

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Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them? Duke sociologist Dr. Christopher Bail on the tech’s potential to foster empathy in an age of division.

Social media supercharged our disagreements. Could AI help us resolve them? buff.ly/P5zHGcU #ai #polarization #disagreement #ConversationalLeadership #socialmedia

Batesonian Information | Conversational Leadership We often treat information as something that can be stored, sent, or delivered. But if nothing changes, and there is no shift in perception or behavior, has any information really been shared? Gregory...

Explore Batesonian Information: Understanding information as difference that makes a difference, shaped by context, relationships, and meaning. #information #complexity #GregoryBateson #ConversationalLeadership #km #kmers

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Warm Data | Conversational Leadership We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a d...

Curious about "warm data"? This blook post explains Nora Bateson's concept clearly. It highlights how warm data reveals the context, relationships, and patterns that cold data often misses. conversational-leadership.net/warm-data/ #warmdata #complexity #information

The single most amazing fact about the Universe No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all.

The single most amazing fact about the Universe: No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all. buff.ly/IRjDOCg #science #universe #reality #physics

Study finds smartphone bans in Dutch schools improved focus A ban on mobile phones and other electronic devices in Dutch schools has improved focus among students, a study commissioned by the Dutch government found.

Smartphone bans in Dutch schools are showing results:
75% see improved student focus
60% better social climate
1 in 3 higher academic performance

Looking long term, maybe the real win isn’t better grades—
It’s raising kids who can focus and connect.

#FutureOfWork
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Can We Have Better Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times? Societal polarization has reached the classroom. But teaching students to share and listen to different perspectives is a critical skill for democracy.

Can We Have Better Classroom Conversations in Challenging Times? Societal polarization has reached the classroom. However, teaching students to share & listen to different perspectives is a crucial skill for a democracy. #ConversationalLeadership #conversation #education #democracy buff.ly/IdW5A5D

Cardwell’s Cage and How to Break Free Blog Post | Innovation

Cardwell’s Law says innovation peaks are brief. Can we break this pattern? Progress is fragile, but by recognizing and protecting its conditions, long-term innovation may be possible. #innovation #creativity #km #kmers buff.ly/b3uoXaP

Gurteen Knowledge Letter July 2025 | Conversational Leadership Gurteen Knowledge Letter July 2025

The latest issue of my Knowledge Letter is out. It touches on themes I often revisit: how we communicate with one another, how we think, and how we lead without trying to control. I welcome feedback.

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Rethinking Productivity with LLMs | Conversational Leadership We've long treated productivity as a race to do more in less time. However, when creativity relies on research, writing, and clarity, good ideas often stall before they take off. Language models like ...

Language models like ChatGPT help us transition from thought to action more quickly, transforming how we think, work, and create. conversational-leadership.net/llms-transfo... @davidgurteen.bsky.social #ConversationalLeadership #PKM #KMers #LLM #ChatGPT #Augmentation #FutureofWork

Warm Data | Conversational Leadership We live in overlapping layers of meaning: personal, cultural, emotional, and historical. The challenge is that most data ignores this complexity, offering facts without context. Warm data provides a d...

Warm Data: A relational understanding that reflects how the data is lived, remembered, and connected across multiple systems. conversational-leadership.net/warm-data/ @davidgurteen.bsky.social #ConversationalLeadership #PKM #KMers #Context #Relational #Complexity

Scientists discover quantum computing in the brain Tryptophan networks in cells may act as quantum computers, reshaping biology, neuroscience, and the search for life in the universe.

Tryptophan networks in cells may act as quantum computers, reshaping biology and neuroscience. #science #biology #neuroscience #quantumciomputers

The Real Threats to Golden Ages Come From Within Blog Post | Human Development

Throughout history, golden ages have emerged when societies embraced openness, curiosity, and innovation. In Peak Human, Johan Norberg explores how civilizations rose through trade, intellectual freedom, and cultural exchange, only to decline when fear and control replaced dynamism.

In Conversation is a weekly video podcast on YouTube in which John Hovell and I explore an aspect of Conversational Leadership. We meet most Thursdays at 9:15 AM Washington, DC time (2:15 PM London time).

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Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine #complexity #evolution #life #intelligence #universe #science buff.ly/DLKwOFS