by lori | Jan 9, 2012 | Community, Definitions, FAQ, Learning as
I’ve been giving these questions my attention for 6 months now: What is community? How do we create community? How do I know community when I see it? Especially when I’m with people who think, look, and act nothing like me/my groups? I didn’t go looking for these... by lori | Dec 6, 2011 | Benefits, FAQ, Impacts, Self-organizing groups
This post is for my friend Ali who asks questions that keep me young at heart. Today Ali asked “Does familiarity decrease the generated happiness?” [within a group] I’d like to start by saying that I have zero interest in putting up barriers to human happiness. So if... by lori | Aug 2, 2011 | Benefits, FAQ, Impacts, Recognizing, Successful Groups
I’ve noticed that my own self-organizing group members always ask the best, and most difficult, questions—questions that I am afraid to fully look at on my own, let alone answer. Here’s a great one. Thank you Neil!!... by lori | Jun 4, 2011 | Benefits, FAQ, Fostering, Fostering, Impacts, Learning, Successful Groups
I spend all my time working with and as self-organizing groups and reflecting on what we experience and learn together. Thanks to these groups, I live my life in a very good mood: to the point that, most days, it’s hard to wipe the smile off my face. I recently saw... by lori | Mar 3, 2011 | FAQ, Successful Groups
Continuing from How do self-organizing groups make decisions? (1 of 2) … Short answer: These groups don’t make decisions. They find decisions, together, the instant that group members recognize and embrace their collective self. Long answer: Self-aware self-organizing... by lori | Mar 1, 2011 | FAQ, Successful Groups
This week, as I rattled excitedly on about the groups I’m studying right now (as I always do—I recently decided that this flaw is part of my charm), my friend Annie said “But I need to make a decision! How do self-organizing groups make decisions?!” Damn girl, good...