Community Stewardship on a Systemic Level The nature of our ecosystems is not always local, especially when it comes to systemic challenges which – as we have discussed with various Social Venturers – require systemic solutions. What you will find, however, is that people – geographically close or note – remain at the very core […]
Leadership in ecosystems The term leadership is loaded with preconceived ideas about corralling the troops, getting teams fired up, being the charismatic founder of a startup team and so on… Leaders seem surrounded by a magic aura of inspiration and can-do attitude. In ecosystem building, our role is – in fact – not that of […]
We have a hundred ways of encouraging individual development, but we are semiliterate when it comes to the question of communal development Peter Block, 2012, p. 3 This series shines a light on two essential concepts in our work as ecosystem builders and creators of an alternative future: Community and Leadership. The concept of community […]