Dialogic Democracy and Organizations (Web Lecture)

In the web lecture, it is stated that dialogic democracy is well-suited to organizations because dialogue requires collaboration. I find this very interesting because organizations do have the tools and methods to increase collaboration, but like the lecture says, it requires a genuine commitment to the process. Too often, I've seen tools pushed to my colleagues and me that are meant to help collaboration across tasks, locations and people. However, we often bypass the opportunity to learn about the tools and the best way to use them. The tools often go unused and we continue to work singly on our individual tasks. It is also common that I notice we don't often listen to each other. We're too busy to get our work done that it can narrow our perspectives on problem solving and decision making as a group. Decisions only get made by a few people. This also echoes some of the attributes of participatory democracy, where power is seldom distributed equally and not all participants enjoy full access to information.