Organizing institutions to support family and community care
March 29, 2019
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My son's yogurt and how framing superficial programmes that lack particularity and knowledge of the person as though they are the high water mark...
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Talent Quest: Recruitment Event Part 3 of 3
There are many ways a gift could be used to carry out the duties of a Community Builder, as we consider using the Person...
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Talent Quest: Person Specification Part 2 of 3
The more tailored the Person Specification is, to the future vision, the story that a person is being invited to be a part of,...
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Talent Quest: Job Description Part 1 of 3
Recruiting the right people to become part of an ABCD effort lies in using the ABCD approach. When looking for people to fulfil the...
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Three Guidelines to Choosing Words Well
The more stories I hear, the more my conviction grows that well chosen words and stories can transform people. Here are three borrowed rules...
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10. Technocracy (rule by the elites) is better than democracy (which is but “mob rule,” the tyranny of the masses).
We must move beyond talking about what ‘community’ means, to “doing” community together in meaningful ways....
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9. Technological advances will save us.
Technology can eclipse and replace our indigenous vernacular resources....
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8. Reforming our systems is the answer.
Services may be a very valuable route into change, they are never an end in themselves or de facto the only route available...
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7. Bigger is better.
2010 study of 46,000 Americans in 26 cities showeda key determinant of local economic prosperity is connection....
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6. Competition is a defining feature of who we are as human beings.
Competing with the planet, and everything on it, isn't the defining feature of who we are as human beings....
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5. Neoliberal economies are here to stay.
Neoliberal economies are enveloped within a fable that the more networked and expansive economies become, the more wealth trickles down to include everyone....
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4. We must get better at delivery.
Before institutions can be effective at delivering required goods and services, citizens at the receiving end of those services must know what they truly...
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