Embracing Community

by Peter Block From News for a Change Large conferences where hundreds of people come together for a few days are important. They are a public way of affirming a set of beliefs. They give us the experience of being part of a larger community and they remind us that we are not alone in the work … [Read more...]

by Peter Block From News for a Change Much has been written and said about how corporations have lost their connection to communities. They move from place to place depending on tax breaks and labor costs. They externalize social costs so that, for example, someone else pays the price of … [Read more...]

by Vanessa Reid “The essential challenge,” writes Peter Block in his introduction, “is to transform isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.” It is not enough to assume individual transformation will lead to collective change, so … [Read more...]

by Peter Block From News for a Change There is a persistent belief in this culture that when you have a problem, the way to solve it is to find blame, institute controls and watch it more closely. If there is violence in a community, we want more police. If someone is shot, if students aren’t … [Read more...]

by Peter Block From News for a Change Most of the time we talk about trust as if it has its own independent existence. We can build trust, we can destroy trust. This treats it like it is an aspect of a relationship and is based on how people behave with each other. Are we trustworthy…are they … [Read more...]

By Peter Block, From News for a Change Large conferences where hundreds of people come together for a few days are important. They are a public way of affirming a set of beliefs. They give us the experience of being part of a larger community and they remind us that we are not alone in the work … [Read more...]