What is the most important thing about a partnership? — Communication? Collaboration? In Peter Block’s Flawless Consulting, he discusses the meaning of a partnership and what it takes to make that partnership beneficial. We all seem to play into the constant boss-subordinate role with our … [Read more...]
Ideas
A Non-Conference Community
Susan Fleetwood and William Sparks recently published a short summary of the time they spent in Cincinnati, Ohio at a retreat planned for the alumni of Pepperdine’s Master of Science in Organizational Development (MSOD) program that serves as a fantastic case study for community building within an … [Read more...]
The Unspoken Weight of our Bulging Consumer Society
Black Friday, the annual shopping day following Thanksgiving, is a testament to the true power of American consumerism. Peter Block recently touched on the subject of our consumer society in an interview with Robert Thompson on Blog Talk Radio. This episode of Thought Grenades focused on Peter’s … [Read more...]
Social Innovation in a Divided World
Peter Block and other social innovators gathered on October 24th and 25th in Cincinnati to discuss the undercurrent of social change affecting our world. The leaders spoke about the future they want to see and looked at ways to restore the aspect of humanity in our systems. This conversation echoes … [Read more...]
Losers and Winners at Penn State
Are we building a society so bent on competition that moral decency and our sense of right and wrong are skewed by our perception that winning is everything? Peter Block explores this topic in a recent Huffington Post column, sharing his thoughts on the recent scandal that rocked Penn State and … [Read more...]
Yes Means Nothing if You Can’t Say No
Today we give you an exciting look into the Flawless Consulting workshop with Peter Block. This 90 second video is a great example of the kind of interaction you’ll experience in one of Peter’s workshops. In this clip, Peter talks about the “Power of No.” Particularly, Peter points out … [Read more...]
Community and Employee Engagement: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
A new study from BlessingWhite research, titled “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Employee Engagement Surveys,” may not hold the appeal of the Clint Eastwood namesake, but provides insightful information into employee engagement surveys. As one might expect, these studies show that businesses … [Read more...]
The Economics of Neighborliness
Modern economies operate on one thing: money. We've left behind our neighborliness and our reciprocal help for one another in favor for our hard-earned currency and dividends. This recent article from Peter Block highlights our country's move away from an economy of neighborliness and towards an … [Read more...]
1983 Flawless Consulting Guide Surfaces
Marketecture, a website focused on providing business to business marketing solutions, has unearthed a version of Peter’s consultation model from 1983 and tracked it down to Designed Learning. Author of the article, Jasper Ditton, found the model while visiting his family and was surprised at its … [Read more...]
Our Neighborhoods: It’s Time to Take Control
The truth is many of us don’t know our neighbors,whether they’re right next door or four houses down. What does this mean for our society? In an interview with Thomas White on From the Inside Out, Peter Block makes the claim that the place for change in our society is not in a policy in … [Read more...]
