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Introduction: Community ** Members of a community care about each other

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Caring We naturally take responsibility for the people and the things that we care about

Introduction: Community ** What Makes a Real Community? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Without care, society would be impossible. Caring is at the root of creating a better world. If we care, we take responsibility. If we wish to see a better world emerge, we need to care. Caring We naturally take responsibility … Continue reading Caring We naturally take responsibility for the people and the things that we care about

What Makes a Real Community? Members of a community care about each other

Caring What Is Communityship? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Community is one of those soft, fuzzy words that many people do not fully understand and even find alienating. It is a word that gets used loosely, its meaning confused and distorted. So, what is meant by community? In business, we talk about communities of … Continue reading What Makes a Real Community? Members of a community care about each other

What Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership

What Makes a Real Community? Politics Is Life Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Rebuilding Companies as Communities, Henry Mintzberg talks about a concept called communityship. So what is communityship? Leadership Let’s start by talking about leadership – something with which we are familiar. Go Google … Continue reading What Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership

Politics Is Life We can't escape it

What Is Communityship? We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Many see politics in its Machiavellian, manipulative sense, backstabbing and spreading false rumors, but politics need not be dirty. It is through politics that we get things done. Politics is life. The concept of … Continue reading Politics Is Life We can’t escape it

We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To The last of human freedoms

Politics Is Life Lashon Hara Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We often complain that we have no choice, but we all have the freedom to choose if we choose to. How many times have you said or have you heard someone say, “But I’ve got no choice.” We always have a choice, even … Continue reading We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To The last of human freedoms

Lashon Hara Jewish religious term for derogatory speech

We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To Gossip and Lashon Hara Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Lashon Hara is a Jewish religious term for derogatory speech about a person. Fascinatingly, in the Jewish tradition, it is considered a grave sin to speak it even if true. Note: This description … Continue reading Lashon Hara Jewish religious term for derogatory speech

Gossip and Lashon Hara Conversation about other people

Lashon Hara Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter An interesting conundrum arises when considering the Jewish religious law forbidding Lashon Hara (speaking derogatorily about someone) and building social trust through gossip. Why would Jewish religious law consider gossip bad while anthropologists consider it good? The … Continue reading Gossip and Lashon Hara Conversation about other people

Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice leadership

Gossip and Lashon Hara Ownership, Not Buy-in Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Effective leadership is vital for driving positive change in a complex world. However, many view leadership as a position of authority rather than a practice accessible to all. We can create a more engaged and sustainable society by recognizing that anyone … Continue reading Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice leadership

Ownership, Not Buy-in We need to move from buy-in to ownership

Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Shared Meaning Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter One of the most significant mistakes we often commit when striving to initiate change is trying to enforce things upon others. We identify problems, create visions, manifestos, strategies, and plans to implement so-called solutions (there are no … Continue reading Ownership, Not Buy-in We need to move from buy-in to ownership

Shared Meaning To understand each other's perspectives well enough to accept them

Ownership, Not Buy-in Culture Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What is shared meaning? The phrase is bandied about a lot but little understood and rarely defined. Let’s take a look at it. What is meant by meaning? What about shared meaning? There are two dimensions to the concept of shared meaning. We use … Continue reading Shared Meaning To understand each other’s perspectives well enough to accept them

Culture Basic tacit assumptions about how the world works

Shared Meaning Reframing Questions Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Culture plays an essential role in our societal and organizational lives. It shapes us in a variety of ways. Culture and Conversation We can view a society or an organization as a network of people engaged in a continuous, dynamic flow of conversations. In … Continue reading Culture Basic tacit assumptions about how the world works

Reframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversation

Culture Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trust in Relationships and Society Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Simply reframing a question can shift perspectives and dramatically change the resulting conversation. I recently drew up a list of powerful questions that I felt would be good for sparking big talk – deep, meaningful conversations. The … Continue reading Reframing Questions Shifting perspective changes the conversation

Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trust in Relationships and Society Without trust our civilization would collapse

Reframing Questions Raising the Ships on the Sea Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Trust is the force that holds our society together. It is the glue that connects us, builds communities, and is one of the foundations on which society depends. It is vital for society to function. Our civilization would collapse totally … Continue reading Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trust in Relationships and Society Without trust our civilization would collapse

Raising the Ships on the Sea The comedy or cornucopia of the commons

Exploring the Multifaceted Roles of Trust in Relationships and Society Invitation and Community ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What is “the comedy or cornucopia of the commons”? How does it contrast with the “tragedy of the commons”? You may have heard of the tragedy of the commons where limited natural resources such … Continue reading Raising the Ships on the Sea The comedy or cornucopia of the commons

Invitation and Community ** Invitation is a fundamental way of being in a community

Raising the Ships on the Sea Everyone Believes They’re the Good Guy Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Invitation is not only a step in bringing people together, it is also a fundamental way of being in a community. It manifests the willingness to live in a collaborative way. This means that a future … Continue reading Invitation and Community ** Invitation is a fundamental way of being in a community

Everyone Believes They’re the Good Guy The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them

Invitation and Community ** Working Together ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Everyone believes they’re the good guy — no one thinks they are the bad guy. Even Al Capone felt he was misunderstood. I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good … Continue reading Everyone Believes They’re the Good Guy The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them

Working Together ** Working together rather than manipulating each other

Everyone Believes They’re the Good Guy We’re All Different ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We need to work together rather than trying to manipulate each other. Far too often in the workplace, at all levels, we try to do things to people – we try to make them conform to some desired … Continue reading Working Together ** Working together rather than manipulating each other

We’re All Different ** We need to get to know each other better

Working Together ** Introduction: Community ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We are all human, but we are all different. But how different? And what is the implication of those differences? We are far more different than we ever realize, even though we may seem similar at the surface level. We have different … Continue reading We’re All Different ** We need to get to know each other better

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