Responding as colleagues, we support each other and create a space that's safe for exploring the truth - where loving the truth is allowed. During the Challenger disasters in 1986, it was discovered that one of the factors involved was the unwillingness of upper management to listen to the concerns of the engineers who felt that the program was being rushed and insufficient testing time was allowed. Those in charge didn't want to listen to feedback that didn't fit their agenda and used their superior status to block it. Naturally, the process of evolving awareness raises differences. Responding to each other as equal partners does not mean we all must think alike.
Differences enrich the process.
Instead of using differences to divide us, dialogue uses them to expand the possibilities we're able to consider . Individuals gain insights that could not be achieved individually. Defending one paradigm or another isn't the focus in dialogue. Broadening our awareness is the focus . The jockeying that goes on in hierarchies through win-lose discussion becomes irrelevant.