Thinking about Life Cycles and Learning Communities

Full Group "AHAs"

• Role of funding?
• Similarity of issues and commention to human condition
• Context - e.g. business community
• Healing
• Processes that support groups
• Whole discussion on LCs
• Business challenges
• How come the world isn't worse?
• Complexity -> simplicity
• Deepening understanding of LC through process
• Committment to the succes of every participant and the group
• How new this is
• Potential that resides in people and process
• Container is critical
• Pioneering
• Concept widespread and effective -> White House?
• All the virtual technologies for supporting/carrying on this work
• Importance of diversity of perspective
• Had a preconcieved idea of what a learning community needed to be
• How to create the space that supports an LC - growing pains
• Differentiate between leader and leadership
• Promoting learning - the heart of the larger piece beyond the organization
• Developing a language and a context
• The longer we worked in teams the be better we understood each others language
• Expectations - do we create a space where the whole self shows up
• Make a long term commitment to LCs
• Comples expectations/connections
• Do we have a commitment to seed LC culture/experience into new communities
• Clarity/passion/commitment
• Experience of getting to know each other
• How do we create a culture of investing in the work