Transformation Is About a Shift in Language and Conversation Peter Block

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 … | Peter Block  Continue reading Transformation Is About a Shift in Language and Conversation Peter Block

It Is Our Task to Transform Ourselves From Social Creatures Into Community Creatures Scott Peck

We know the rules of community; we know the healing effect of community in terms of individual lives. If we could somehow find a way across the bridge of our knowledge, would not these same rules have a healing effect upon our world? We human beings have often been referred to as social animals. But we are not yet community creatures. We are … | Scottt Peck Continue reading It Is Our Task to Transform Ourselves From Social Creatures Into Community Creatures Scott Peck

Questions Are More Transforming Than Answers Peter Block

Questions are more transforming than answers. The skill is getting the questions right. The traditional conversations that seek to explain, study, analyze, define tools, and express the desire to change others are interesting but not powerful. Questions open the door to the future and are more powerful than answers in that they demand engagement. Engagement in the right questions is what creates … | Peter Block Continue reading Questions Are More Transforming Than Answers Peter Block

Conversations That Drive Change Using Knowledge Cafés for transformation and change

Introduction: Knowledge Café Applications Reading Group Café Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Organizations rely on conversations to navigate change. Too often, these conversations are one-way, with managers pushing decisions instead of engaging people in meaningful dialogue. … Continue reading Conversations That Drive Change Using Knowledge Cafés for transformation and change