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The Coherence FactorLinking Emotion and Cognition When Individuals Think as a Group\nAuthor(s): Thomas R. Flanagan, Craig H. Lindell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781641134569, 978-1641134569\nSynopsis\nCogito, ergo sum. ('I think, therefore I am.') When Descartes quipped this, he erroneously split thinking from feeling. He assumed thoughts emerge from a substance other than feeling. This is a historic tragedy, and it is unnecessary. It brings us to a risky end-game. When we attempt to meld preconceived thought with evoked feelings, we come to the craft of 'spin doctors.' Instead, there is a natural path for connecting thinking and feeling. It involves emotional reflection at the time that understandings are created.\n\nThis book draws attention to a form of dialogue which is called design dialogue. Design dialogue constructs new meaning from the bottom up. Individuals construct new meanings throug.