Relationship Intelligence book sets team-building as daily dialogue
A forthcoming book applies Crucial Conversations skills to regular meeting rhythms, shifting team-building from an event to an embedded discipline for companies like Apple.
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A forthcoming book, Relationship Intelligence, by Tim Scudder and Gil Brady, with Steve Wood, argues that team-building is a continuous dialogue skill applied within regular meeting cadences, not an annual offsite. The book is scheduled for summer 2027.
The authors define a team as a relationship with a past and a future. High-performing teams require a clear philosophy and a meeting rhythm for sensemaking and decision-making. The book positions dialogue skills from the Crucial Conversations framework as the mechanism for this work, citing Contrasting and Start with Heart.
For a company such as Apple, where cross-functional teams are central to product development, the framework provides a structured approach to integrating dialogue skills into daily workflows rather than isolating team-building as a separate activity. The book argues that skillful dialogue is the work that makes the team work.
The book's model focuses on the how of effective dialogue and the why of Relationship Intelligence, according to the authors. By addressing intrinsic motives and perceptual filters, the dual framework aims to reduce polarization and improve collaboration around shared goals.
Release is scheduled for summer 2027.
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