Posts where this quotation is embeddedRelationship and connectedness are the pre-condition for change.
Every meeting, every process, every training program has to get people connected first.
Otherwise, the content falls on deaf ears.
So small groups are an essential building block to any future you want to create.
Credit: Peter Block
- Connection Before Content Without relatedness, no work can occur
- Introduction: Small Group Conversations Small groups are an essential building block to any future you want to create
- Nurturing a Collaborative Culture Through Knowledge Cafés Using Knowledge Cafés to bridge silos and encourage open dialogue
- Why Conversation Matters Rethinking Conversation (001/001)
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- Connection Before Content Without relatedness, no work can occur
- Don’t Give Advice Especially when it is sought
- Introduction: Small Group Conversations Small groups are an essential building block to any future you want to create
- Meetings and Conversations Serve Two Purposes There is a second purpose to any meeting which we often overlook
- Peter Block, the Grand Inquisitor, and Leadership Leadership, freedom, and the burden of responsibility
- Peter Block’s Four Ownership Questions Are you prepared to take responsibility for the learning and engagement of others?
- Responsibility We need to take responsibility for the changes we wish to see in the world
- We All Have the Freedom to Choose If We Choose To The last of human freedoms
Books: Peter Block (2)
Quotations: Peter Block (15)
- A Gathering Serves Two Functions Peter Block
- Choose to Be Accountable Peter Block
- Connection Before Content – Without Relatedness, No Work Can Occur Peter Block
- Don’t Give Advice Peter Block
- How Have I Contributed to the Current Reality? Peter Block
- How Leadership Begins Peter Block
- If We Cannot Say “no” Then “yes” Has No Meaning Peter Block
- Misuse of Our Power Peter Block
- Never Help: Fixing People Is a Form of Colonialism Peter Block
- Powerful Questions Evoke a Choice for Accountability and Commitment Peter Block
- Predicting or Controlling a Conversation Peter Block
- Questions Are More Transforming Than Answers Peter Block
- The Question Is, What Qualifies as Action? Peter Block
- The Real Task of Leadership Is to Confront People with Their Freedom Peter Block
- Transformation Is About a Shift in Language and Conversation Peter Block
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