The Hydraulics of Community Power
May 10, 2019
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In this vlog we discuss that and how institutional dependency can be decreased and interdependency in community life can be increased....
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Using Authenticity To Facilitate Sustainable Community Development
During my introduction, I iterated about four words and was interrupted by a long-standing city council woman and a native of the community, her...
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‘Proliferation’ – The implementation of ABCD in Leeds Part 2
"No society has the money to buy, at market prices, what it takes to raise children, make a neighbourhood safe, care for the elderly,...
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‘Proliferation’ – The implementation of ABCD in Leeds Part 1
In Leeds we have had tackling loneliness, especially for older people, as a priority for many years with the development of Neighbourhood Networks, a...
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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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How Policies Can Invert Democracy
To date the BY spaces have been known for the sum of their problems, not for their abundance of hospitality, gift-giving capacity or associational...
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Can I Help You?
“Can I help you?” is an often-asked question, yet helping can cause unintended harm: that realization places us at a moral crossroads....
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Off the Roundabout
When we preclude citizen power, and chose technocratic solutions over democratic ones we lose the opportunity to address the root problems that cause the...
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Bridging The Gap – Expert to Alongsider
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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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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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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