Peter Block's Six Conversations, invitation, possibility, ownership, dissent, commitment, and gifts, aren't a structured event format like the others in this series, they're a change in the questions a leader or convener asks. This guide covers the theory behind each conversation, the questions that open it, how to set up and run a gathering, and where the method tends to go wrong.
I was coaching a Programme Director leading a major operational transformation across their whole business. She was experienced, credible, and well-organised. The steering group met monthly. Attendance was strong. The agenda was always covered. And yet, three months in, almost nothing was moving. When we explored what was happening, the pattern became clear. People were coming to the meetings. They were [...]
Designed Learning has published a timely white paper on collaboration in the age of AI. As an associate, I share what it gets right, where I would push the thinking further, and why senior leaders should read it.
Organisational culture doesn’t change through strategy decks or mandates. Explore 100 acts of connection that help leaders build belonging, strengthen relationships, and create a more human workplace through everyday moments of leadership.
Inspired by Peter Block’s Connecting for Common Good series, this blog explores the shift from leader to connector: building trust, belonging, and shared accountability through everyday habits, cultural practices, and real-world examples from around the globe.
Yesterday saw the fith and final session of the Connecting for the Common Good series by Peter Block and friends. Here is my summary of the session: Interested in building community and connection in your own organisation? For You: Leadership Clinic Bring the specific challenge you are facing in building community or connection at work. I prepare beforehand, then we spend [...]
Flawless Consulting by Peter Block is a foundational work on building trust-based partnerships with clients. This practical summary highlights the key ideas, mindsets and behaviours that help consultants, facilitators and leaders create sustainable results through authentic partnership.
Yesterday I attended the second session by Peter Block on "Connecting for the common good". A great follow on session with new people to meet and exchange ideas with. There are three more in the series. See HERE to attend. Here is my sketchnote summary of the session: Interested in exploring connection and community in your own leadership? [...]
The book in 3 sentences Peter Block challenges the dominant “business perspective”, built on scarcity, consumption, and institutional control, and offers a new story: the common good perspective, where citizens reclaim agency through trust, local action, and relational care. He argues that real change happens when neighbours gather, share power, and co-create community well-being, rather than waiting for systems to fix [...]
The full title is "The Answer to How is YES: Acting on what matters." The book in 3 sentences Peter Block argues that our obsession with asking “how?” masks a deeper avoidance of personal responsibility and purpose. Instead of chasing solutions, we should begin by saying “yes” to what truly matters and commit to it without waiting for permission or certainty. [...]
Stewardship by Peter Block is a foundational work on shifting leadership from control to service. This practical summary highlights the ideas that support trust-based partnership, shared accountability and long-term responsibility in organisations.
A practical summary of Peter Block’s Community: The Structure of Belonging, highlighting the key ideas that help leaders, facilitators and community builders create genuine belonging, trust and shared ownership.
The book in 3 sentences The Empowered Manager is a practical guide for managers who want to lead with integrity, not control. It shows how managers can choose partnership over hierarchy, service over self-interest, and accountability over compliance. By making these personal shifts, managers can foster trust, ownership, and meaningful change, regardless of the system they work in. Who should read [...]
