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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Mowatt Dec 22, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes
My experience of community"work" is non existent, so I may be blundering here, but I wonder whether the debate about the Big Society is pre-framed. maybe we need to re-purpose our communities. This…Continue
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peterstannack replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Jeff,
Sorry, I was being negative, and I did like the lesson. As an ex Zen Buddhist of sorts, who decided -arrogantly and mistakenly -thirty five years ago that Zen was for old men. ;-)I'd like to start with the basic building blocks…"
Jeff Mowatt replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"OK Peter, but it was just an illustration of how trust can be propagated as Phil wondered. For my part I've avoided any particular proprietary view. .
For example the Social Enterprise group I created on Facebook isn't a branded group,…"
peterstannack replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Whilst I agree that we can take lessons from everything, if we are so prepared, dressing lessons up as Daoism, Zen, Quakerism, Technology, Politics, Community, Family Therapy or whatever is, I think, a trap.
If we put lessons in a box or category,…"
Jeff Mowatt replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Phil,
One of the ways in which we can encourage trust is to engage in 'radical transparency'. I offer an example of this in a blog recently about an international development initiative in which ideas shared online can be seen…"
Phil Green replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Jeff, thanks for sharing this, love the quote from Lao Tzu"
Jeff Mowatt replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"I've been trying to get some of our locals together to co-invest in a community heating scheme and with a slide show I need to make some corrections to, I introduce the issue of trust with a lesson from Tao teaching. This little story…"
peterstannack replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Phil
And maybe, just maybe, external purpose is better than external threat
I'll take a look, maybe a debate paper would help? Is this your normal process of co-optation?
Cheers
Pete"
Phil Green replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Peter, thanks for your reply. Something like this'd be good written into some part of the
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thing we're trying to co-create, wouldn't it?"
peterstannack replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Phil
I guess trust comes about as a result of a number of factors- consistency, shared experience, language codes, etc. We have choices in creating trust. We can masquerade or use proxies such as local community workers. We can build consistency…"
Phil Green replied to peterstannack's discussion Big Society"Hi Peter, sounds good to me, but I'm wondering how we convince ourselves to trust each other enough to start realising some of the empowerment that working together more might bring?"
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My experience of community"work" is non existent, so I may be blundering here, but I wonder whether the debate about the Big Society is pre-framed. maybe we need to re-purpose our communities. This would require, of course (ha!) coordinated action across different community streams. These would include economic, social, psychological, justice, equity, skills, education, youth, tech, infrastructure and so on. I wonder if one possible answer to the reality of globalisation is to re-localise,…See More
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