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Peter Block

Inviting Leaders to Grow from Hero to Host

Common Good Protocols Bring Us Together for the Larger Purposes of Our Existence

We know that leadership matters. Traditionally, we have defined the function as visionary, role model, designer, inspiration, and voice of where we are headed. We ask our leaders to be coach, listener, and a gardener who grows people.

Angela Fell

Democracy Through the Looking Glass

Perhaps democracy is different in the capital?

At yesterday’s event many people expressed the view that while, we might not trust politicians in Westminster, perhaps with devolution and with more power for local politicians, we could begin to restore some trust in the whole system.

This really didn’t land with me, and I don’t think it will work in many towns like mine, where 67% of people voted to leave Europe and where Labour has controlled the Council forever, with no viable opposition. Trust in councillors and council officers is at an all time low.

Isn’t the idea that we should sit back and give our power away to someone else, to act on our behalf, totally out of date?

Paul Harris

Red Deer Community Members Cultivating Creative Hub

Navigating the Realm of Co-Creation: A Conversation with Paul Harris

Paul Harris is animating community as a convenor, coach, author and artist. He hails from Red Deer, Alberta, where Nora Smith and a small group of generative journalism practitioners are pursing an inquiry into how community members are cultivating a creative, destination hub.

In this generative interview, Nora and Paul explore the process of co-creation, our identities in that work, and the how the definition of a community includes more than the people in it.