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[audio:http://www.transformingcommunication.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/8_Track_424.mp3|titles=Module8.3.mp3]One big thing Rita Schweitz learned from the upper Colorado Search conference was the power of listening. Many people said that when they presented their perspective at the conference it was the first time they had actually felt heard by the other groups present. Another learning was about the importance of individual and personal issues in an organisational conflict. In one exercise, for example, people were asked to list their values. A dramatic list of shared values emerged, including an attraction to the mountains, the outdoors and enjoyment of the quality of life in Colorado. Talking about these values, one participant said it was “time to change our ways”, and the whole conference seemed to nod together. The rapport built by this apparently irrelevant personal sharing inspired major changes in attitude. On the morning of the third day, as participants breakfasted together, one remarked to Schweitz, “This must be the paradigm shift people talk about.” A collaborative decisionmaking structure was set up for future planning, progress was made towards legislative reform proposals, and a second conference was set for a year later. The new group is called the Colorado River Headwaters Forum.™