%% #💡 #🟠 %% # generative listening Attending to the deep silence within as we listen to hear and understand the meaning of what we sense around us. Must be open to tuning our senses to the other's purpose. - A new insight, idea, awareness or better understanding of an issue is often generated. *[1]* A type of sophisticated [[listening]]. Active, inventive listening that evokes the best qualities in others by creating their brilliance. - What Greenleaf refers to when he says that people grow taller when you empathize with them. Generative listening is a creative act wherein the listener picks up what currently is, and also what wants to be, communicated. Through this listening something new is stimulated - an insight, new idea, new awareness, or a grander-level of understanding of an issue. *[2]* ## Sources *[1]* - [[Servant Leaders in Training Foundations - Horsman 2018]] *[2]* - [[Listening Communication Issues - Horsman]] ## Tags --- <small>*Created on:* 2022-05-28</small> <small>*Last modified on:* 2022-11-05</small>