“Because questions are intrinsically related to action, they spark and direct attention, perception, energy and effort, and so are at the heart of the evolving forms that our lives assume … Creativity requires asking genuine questions, those to which an answer is not already known. Questions function as open-handed invitations to creativity, calling forth that which doesn’t yet exist.”
~ Marilee Adams
WORLD CAFE RESEARCH PAGES
Published Research
Here’s a link to a list of published books and academic works using and/or referring to World Cafe, compiled by Niels Agger-Gupta, PhD. It’s really exciting to see these articles showing up – if you notice something is missing, please let us know.
Here are some of the classics:
Agger-Gupta, N., & Harris, B. (2017) Dialogic change and the practice of inclusive leadership. In A. Boitano & H. E. Schockman (Eds.), Breaking the zero-sum game: Transforming societies through inclusive leadership. Silver Spring, MD, USA: International Leadership Association.
Gyllenpalm, Bo Fielding Graduate University Faculty, for Whole Systems Associates, 2000. A Virtual Knowledge Café.
Inman, John, & Thompson, Tracy A (2013). Using Dialogue Then Deliberation to Transform a Warring Leadership Team. OD Practitioner, Vol 45, No 1
Steier, F., Brown, J., & Mesquita da Silva, F. (2015). The World Cafe in Action Research Settings. Chapter 20: The world cafe in action research settings. In H. Bradbury (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of action research (third). London ; Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications. (Retrieved from Sage website)
Thompson, W Travis; Steier, Frederick; Ostrenko, Wit (2014) Designing Communication Process for the Design of an Idea Zone at a Science Center. – Journal of Applied Communication Research (2014)
If you know of any published information on the World Café, including professional or academic journal articles, white papers, grey papers, etc., please send us details – either the article itself, a link to it, or the author, title, and where you saw it – so we can include it it here to support other researchers and interested parties.