Culture of Abundance

Based on The Abundant CommunityBy John McKnight and Peter Block2014Culture of AbundanceCommunity CultureCommunity culture holds the consumer economy at bay. David SchwartzIt is the embedded way that a group of people has learned how to live in a place.In a communal culture everything is personal. There is opportunity for gifts to be given. There is order. There is creativity and spontaneity.Components of an Abundant CultureTime

Silence

Story Telling

Time

Treat time as if we have plentyTime is a gift in communitybe time rather than live in time finding meaning, focal point of existenceTo have time, we must begin by stopping, then we can see what is possible.SilenceIt puts us in contact with the Divine and our own growth. It is a form of communion.It is acceptance of being over doingIt opens us to listening beyond ourselves

Story Telling

Stories about abundant community are a narrative about our talents, properties, and giftsStories about the creation of the communityStories provide identityLooking at Our CultureArtifactsEspoused ValuesDeep AssumptionsTimeSilenceStorytellingEmbedding New CultureWhat leaders pay attention to, measure, controlHow leaders react to critical incidentsHow leaders allocate resourcesDeliberate role modeling, teaching, coachingHow leaders allocate rewards and statusHow leaders recruit and what they promoteSecondary Embedding MechanismsOrganizational design and structureOrganizational systems and structureRites and ritualsDesign of physical spaceStories of important events and peopleFormal statements of philosophy and creeds