Resources
Gradually I will be offering a variety of resources here. I’m looking for the best way to easily do this with WordPress. For now, I’ll just list things here.
Enspirited Leadership. This article from the Berkana Institute summarizes my findings about Landmarks for Leaders and Enspirited Leadership. Also available in printed form from The Berkana Institute.
Discovering New Stories — Bob’s 2004 PhD Dissertation at CIIS. This is a downloadable version of my doctoral dissertation on Enspirited Leadership. Also available in book form from The Berkana Institute
Language of Listening. I wrote this article for Ascent Magazine about how we need to cultivate a better listening…
Emergence and Systems of Influence. This article is written by my colleagues Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze about working with emergence. Also available in printed form from The Berkana Institute.
The Leaders We Need Are Already Here. This beautiful booklet tells the story of the Berkana Fellows program in India where young men and women learned to step forward to offer what they could.
The Berkana Institute 2008 Report. This report describes the activities of The Berkana Institute in 2008.
More to come!
The Berkana Institute has helped us connect with a whole community of like-minded workers in different parts of the world who see many of the same possibilities we do to build healthy and resilient communities. We know there are others who are also working in communities to help people see and build on their strengths as they envision a better world for themselves and their families. Bob's way of being in the world – his deep curiosity and mischievous habit of challenging our thinking with a good question, has helped our work beyond measure. He showed us the basics and connected us to like-minded folk in different parts of the world, then stepped back to let the work unfold. A kind and generous soul. Thank you!
We invited Bob to help us examine our agency’s impact on the communities we serve. He did more than that. He helped us see that the real power of our work lies in connecting deeply with people as much as in connecting water lines, roads or services. Bob helped us remember how to listen to and learn from each other, accessing the knowledge we already have to create more healthy and resilient communities. From this initial work we’re exploring new roles as leaders of an organization committed to restoring relationships with tribal communities.