Working Differently

Knowing the Difference Between "Irritation" and "Agitation" May be a Key to Working Differently
"Want to" creates much more energy than "have to."
Impact needs to be embedded into the on-going community context -- not just grafted on as a transitory accomplishment.
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The Need to Create a New "There"
from the Working Differently series
By creating a new working space at the community level, we can tip the scale to bring more resources, decision making, accountability, and engagement to our overall goals and outcomes.
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Communities (Part 2 of 2)
If there is a source of "blame," it should be resoundly understood as our own diminished expectations of what is possible or worst what is permissable in a society as advanced as our own.
“For success in real estate, the one guideline is ‘location, location, location.’ For community solutions, it should be ‘outcome, outcome, outcome.’”
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Communities (Part 1 of 2)
We tend to reinforce too many people for what they do and not for the results they achieve.
"Like the core of a planet, a clear, strong sense of purpose creates the gravitational pull that will bring people, effort, resources, and commitments to the process."
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