Welcome to An Unscripted Future

Today our communities face leadership challenges and opportunities which bring an increased perception of personal responsibility and risk.

This is a time when each of us must exercise leadership to diagnose shifting situations and engage others in designing interventions that are less about achieving pre-defined outcomes, than they are about moving forward, collaboratively, toward approximate goals in an environment of increased, but managed, conflict and uncertainty.

These cycles of assessment/diagnosis, intervention and evaluation, within ever-shortening time horizons, are increasingly becoming the hallmark of our times and I welcome conversations about their impact on our lives.

Welcome to An Unscripted Future.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

After the Storm

OK, so we know that communities can effectively come together to address imminent disaster or threat (although it's not a given). What are the barriers to getting strong community engagement on an ongoing basis?

Around the globe, communities have similar concerns; public health and safety, education, governance, economic development, the environment, neighborhood revitalization, transportation, infrastructure, etc. Are there models for citizen engagement which may be shared, replicated or adapted to assist us in our efforts to elevate the aspirations and performance of our community leadership programs as they address these similar concerns? What role might community leadership programs play in maximizing the ongoing civic engagement of community members, after the storm?

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