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Getting Serious about Community Development (Part 5)

Change leadership is an empty thing. This is not cynic remark, but a crucial observation of where our added value as a practitioner is located: in context, rather than content.

Getting Serious about Community Development (Part 3)

When we invert our traditional thinking about what is cause and effect we can redirect the focus of our attention and efforts.

Getting Serious about Community Development (Part 2)

Connecting the insights of Peter Block on community transformation to the path of Social Architecture. The moral of the story: we are not problem solvers, but capacity builders!

The OCP Strategy

Here’s a milestone for me and the team that is managing the Organizational Change Practitioners group on LinkedIn.

Edelman’s Trust Barometer: Crisis of Leadership Calls for Social Architecture

The Edelman 2013 Trust Barometer which was published last month shows some remarkable facts on trust on a global scale.

The Social Architecture Equation

Stripping the idea of Social Architecture down to its essence.

Community Development is the New Change Management

The only way to guarantee sustainable change is by making sure there is a community developed around the future state. But first we need to let go of our need to fit in.

Which Craft?

After more than ten years of practicing ‘change management’ I am feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Social Media is a Project Accelerator

A bold prediction for 2013: social media is here to stay and it will improve the way you manage projects.

Feels Like Moving a Big Bag of Water

In this article I am using a metaphor in order to think outside the boundaries of how we are supposed to run our projects.