{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60227c31e93d1d580176db8d/6a2aa09171d362181f7836b9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Peter Block – Community: The Structure of Belonging (Part 2)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60227c31e93d1d580176db8d/1781178289995-320bb796-3f03-480e-baf0-06aea2fbe3b2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h1>CB16 - Shownotes: Peter Block – Community: The Structure of Belonging (Part 2)</h1><p><strong>Title:</strong> 16: Peter Block – Community: The Structure of Belonging (Part 2)</p><p><br></p><h2>Welcome back to Create Belonging, the podcast where we explore the world through the lens of belonging.</h2><p>This is Part 2 of my conversation with Peter Block, author of Community: The Structure of Belonging. Where Part 1 laid out the framework, Part 2 took a turn I didn't expect. It got personal. We go deeper into leadership, dissent, curiosity, and eventually into the riskiest of the six conversations: gifts. Somewhere in the middle, I named my own gift out loud for the first time, and I can honestly say I'm not the same person I was when we started. If you haven't heard Part 1 yet, I'd start there, but if you want to jump in here, I'll catch you up.</p><p><br></p><h2>Who Is Peter Block?</h2><p>Peter Block is an author, a citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio, and co-founder of Designed Learning. Full bio and headshot at peterblock.com/media-kit.</p><p><br></p><p>His books include Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, The Abundant Community, Activating the Common Good, and the book that brought him to this podcast: Community: The Structure of Belonging, now in its third edition.</p><p><br></p><h2>Key Insights</h2><ul><li>Bosses, yes. Worship, no. A leader sets the rails; peers create the world</li><li>The Leadership Industrial Complex: when we wait for a leader to save us, it lets us off the hook</li><li>Curiosity is the breath of relationships, and the delivery system of well-being</li><li>\"If you can't say no, your yes means nothing\" - dissent is what makes belonging real</li><li>Naming your gifts is the riskiest conversation: once you name them, you have to do something with them</li><li>\"When you say it out loud, it changes your relationship to it\"</li><li>Break a group into threes and people realize \"I'm not alone\"</li><li>In the absence of connection and belonging, we get violence, now normalized</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Timestamps</h2><p>00:05 Cold open - Peter on violence and the absence of connection</p><p>00:27 Welcome back; a recap of Part 1 </p><p>02:10 Why Part 2 goes deeper; a note on the book </p><p>03:40 Interview resumes - the trouble with leadership </p><p>05:36 Peter on bosses, hierarchy, and \"it lets me off the hook\" </p><p>06:45 Mateo's breakdown: The Leadership Industrial Complex </p><p>08:59 Peers create the world; why Peter wants to stop the worship </p><p>13:52 Curiosity as the breath of relationships </p><p>14:33 Mateo's breakdown: Unpacking curiosity </p><p>16:55 Dissent, a camp story, and \"if you can't say no, your yes means nothing\" </p><p>18:01 Mateo's breakdown: The six conversations of community </p><p>19:30 Why gifts is the riskiest conversation of all </p><p>20:10 Peter on why naming your gifts is terrifying </p><p>22:34 Mateo names his gift out loud </p><p>24:44 Mateo's breakdown: What is your gift? </p><p>27:28 Saying it out loud changes your relationship to it </p><p>28:38 Why Mateo spent years brushing his gift aside </p><p>30:03 Groups of three, and the relief of \"I'm not alone\" </p><p>31:46 Gifts from the margin to the center </p><p>33:43 Mateo thanks Peter; why being a bystander isn't an option </p><p>34:29 In the absence of belonging, we have violence </p><p>36:26 Closing reflections - community as the structure of belonging</p><p><br></p><h2>Resources &amp; Links</h2><p>Community: The Structure of Belonging (3rd Ed): penguinrandomhouse.com/books/815995/community-third-edition-by-peter-block/ Peter Block's Substack: substack.com/@peterblock Designed Learning: designedlearning.com Peter Block on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/peter-block-238848a/ Designed Learning on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/designed-learning/</p><p><br></p><h2>Connect</h2><p>Instagram: instagram.com/createbelonging</p><p>LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/create-belonging </p><p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:createbelonging@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">createbelonging@gmail.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>This is the second of a two-part conversation. If it moved you, share it with someone thinking about how to build something real in their corner of the world. And as always - go create belonging for yourself and for others.</p><p><br></p><p>Acknowledgments: Music \"Playing with Color\" by Nullhertz via Pixabay. Thank you to the lovely people at Purple Space for your support.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Mateo Bornico"}