Bridging The Gap – Expert to Alongsider
October 26, 2018
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Done to the people; Done for the people; Done with the people; Done •by• the people. This is the path of transitions from institutional...
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What is distinctive about an ABCD Process – Four Essential Elements.
Today we would like to share the results of John McKnight and Cormac Russell's deliberation about what is distinctive about an Asset-Based Community Development...
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Beware of the Progressives Part 2: Intermediate Innovation
Overreach: going beyond one’s personal or institutional capacity to a point where a person or organisation becomes counter-productive....
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Beware of the Progressives (Part 1)
The harsh reality is that some of the folk who appear socially progressive, are more interested in career progress than in authentic social change....
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Surfacing our intentions
We should surface our intentions about both the offering and accepting of help. If someone decides to step forward, it should be done with...
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Questioning our certainties
Socrates genius lay in his ability to question ‘certainties’, to probe into closely guarded beliefs that people assert as certainties, without good grounds...
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Universal Unconditional Basic Empathy Part 2 of 2
Individually we can’t create society, as it is the sum of our interactions, intermeshed with knowledge and traditions from the past and concerns, hopes...
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Universal Unconditional Basic Empathy Part 1 of 2
The real proving ground is community responsiveness to it’s needs. This forms the test against which ability to meet necessities breeds creativity, inventiveness and...
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Ayrshire 3 year evaluation: most important finding is significant increase in mental health and wellbeing.
In 2014, the NHS Endowment Fund provided funding for an Asset Based Community Development project in Ayrshire exploring how peoples’ assets and skills can be...
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Universal Unconditional Basic Income (Part 2 of 2)
Honest questions alongside open dialogue about the way in which we think about salaried and non-salaried contributions will open up space for more fruitful...
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Universal Unconditional Basic Income (Part 1 of 2)
When we start the conversation around contribution, and intentionally shift away from market language - including the word ‘value’ which is also an economic...
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Beyond Good Intentions; Towards A Good Life
Mostly with good intentions, institutions develop processes that degrade the human capacity, inventiveness and autonomy of the person/persons they serve....
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