believes that it is the dialogue that is important, not coming to a consensus. As dialogue continues, creative and breakthrough understandings of the field will emerge—concepts that are much more difficult when the emphasis is on developing consensus. Where we do agree, as authors, and what makes this paper possible, is the need for putting forward a definition of international or cross-national HRD in order to forward the dialogue—either for the sake of the dialogue alone (McLean) or for the purpose of moving toward consensus (Wang).