Check out the book "Community: The Structure of Belonging" by Peter Block

I am absolutely loving the book "Community: The Structure of Belonging" by Peter Block. It is a fresh take on creating inspired communities. Peter Block has been a wise voice in the corporate and community world for many years. I have tabbed the heck out of this book and will continue to reference it.

Here is a review by Vanessa Reid of Peter’s new book in Ascent magazine’s autumn work and service issue.

“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 Block explores the nature of collective transformation and offers us concrete ways to move forward.

The real gem of this book is its focus on deeply meaningful and life-affirming ways both of working and being together in the difficult questions. Our questions, he says, are more transforming than answers. The leaders we need are already among us. Our leadership practice is to create the spaces, context and conversations that we, collectively, need to be in.

What I appreciate about Peter Block’s body of work, and this book is no exception, is how he illuminates what we already know with language and processes that are inspiring and practical. He makes it real: we need to connect, so let’s build a social fabric and architecture infused with the spirit of people acting together in true citizenship, as communities, based on our assets and gifts and not our fears or problems. This is the structure of belonging. Do this well — and yes, it is hard — but this IS the work.

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