Peter Block

In addition to The Abundant Community, co-authored with John McKnight, Peter Block is the author of Flawless Consulting, Community, Stewardship and The Answer to How Is Yes. He serves on the boards of Elementz, a hip hop center for urban youth; Cincinnati Public Radio; and LivePerson. With other volunteers, Peter began A Small Group, whose work is to create a new community narrative and to bring Peter's work on civic engagement into being. Peter's work is in the restoration of communities and creating systems that restore our humanity. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops he has designed to build the skills outlined in his books.
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Not the Visitation You Asked For

At 5:30 a.m. EST on December 16, 2014 the Vatican held a press conference reporting on the findings and conclusions of a four-year Apostolic Visitation conducted regarding American nuns. The investigation was completed two years ago. This process called...

Rebuilding Journalism: Peter Block and Chuck Peters on Thought Grenades

What is The Gazette Company doing that is so unique?  How do print, digital and broadcast work together in this new system? Is this the future of quality journalism? Learn the answers to these questions and more as Thought Grenades co-hosts Robert...

The Politics of a Dollar

There is a growing local-living movement that calls for every community to support local businesses, care for the planet, and build local food networks. We are concerned here with local business. We are already investing: We have local business...

Deepening Community

Foreword to Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Choatic Times, by Paul Born   The idea of community is all around us and increasingly on our lips. It sells real estate, markets social technology, and appears in the mission statements of most...

Freedom at Work

Listen or download Running time: 00:73:00 Tami Simon: You're listening to Insights at the Edge. In this episode, I speak with Peter Block. Peter Block is an author, consultant, and resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose work focuses upon chosen accountability and...

Facilitating Community: A Virtual Conversation with Peter Block

During this hour-long conversation moderated by Martin Pearson of the UK's Kinharvie Institute, Peter shares his vision of what it means to be an abundant community and outlines ways to make the communities where we work, play and live move...

Lawyers As Peacemakers: Peter Block and J. Kim Wright on Thought Grenades

Thought Grenades co-hosts Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss talk with Peter and his guest, J. Kim Wright, author of Lawyers as Peacemakers, in a thought-provoking discussion of how lawyers can practice holistic, problem-solving law. Running time: 00:30:29 Listen here at Thought Grenades.

Measuring and Evaluating Community Initiatives

Download or listen to John and Peter's April 16 conversation with Tom Dewar on different ways of thinking about what local initiatives mean and how to support them. Tom is the co-director of the Aspen Institute’s Roundtable on Community Change.As a...

How to Use Local Assets to Make Your Community Effective

Download or listen to John and Peter's March 5 conversation with Mary Nelson on asset-based approaches to building community generally and what makes them effective. Mary is the founder and longtime Director of Bethel New Life, one of the nation's best neighborhood development...

Safety and Security: A Neighborhood Necessity

Jane Jacobs — author, activist and icon of the importance of a vital neighborhood — wrote years ago that a safe street is produced by eyes on the street.* It is produced by people walking around, sitting outside, knowing neighbors and...