Peter Block Author, Consultant and Speaker

Peter Block is an American author, consultant, and speaker in the areas of organization development, community building, and civic engagement.

He has had a huge influence on my thinking around Conversational Leadership, particularly his book Community: The Structure of Belonging

We are all problem solvers, action oriented and results minded. It is illegal in this culture to leave a meeting without a to-do list.

We want measurable outcomes and we want them now.

What is hard to grasp is that it is this very mindset which prevents anything fundamental from changing.

We cannot problem solve our way into fundamental change, or transformation.

This is not an argument against problem solving; it is an intention to shift the context and language within which problem solving takes place.

Authentic transformation is about a shift in context and a shift in language and conversation. It is about changing our idea of what constitutes action.

Credit:  Peter Block