'We currently have all the capacity, expertise, programs, leaders, regulations, and wealth required to end unnecessary suffering and create an alternative future.'

Peter Block is a leadership trainer by day. His experience has taught him strategies to help people shift from individualism to interdependence, and to foster a stronger sense of community.

He suggests that we can find and build community "one room at a time" by bringing diverse people together who might not usually interact. His secret sauce is based on carefully structured conversations designed to encourage accountability and recognize the unique contributions of each community member.

I'm drawn to his redefinition of leadership. A good leader, he says, convenes and designs interactions rather than provides answers, and listens and creates space for citizen engagement and accountability.

BOOK REVIEW: Community, The Structure of Belonging

NOTES ON THE BOOK: Community, The Structure of Belonging

'We currently have all the capacity, expertise, programs, leaders, regulations, and wealth required to end unnecessary suffering and create an alternative future.'

The day that bell hooks met Thich Nhat Hanh to talk about practicing love in a culture of domination.

We've lost touch with the fact that the payoffs to our most meaningful endeavors unfold over years and generations, not news cycles.

Our stories about the future affect our behavior in the present.

We need a new narrative that can transmit values, orient education, and guide institutions toward sustaining the Earth community.