new list: Community-Builders
 
        There is a new electronic mailing list for people interested in the
fledgling movement of workplace communities. The list is brought to you by
George Por and his team at Vision Nest Publishing, a webpublishing organism
that defines publishing as "community building."
 
        This list is dedicated to co-creative dialogues on the business,
cultural, technical, and knowledge management issues of the current
transformation of "command-and-control" organizations into networked
communities of practice and commitment.
 
        If you want to contribute to identifying and spreading the best
"community-building-in-organizations" practices throughout business and
around the planet, then please join the list and share with us your views,
concerns, stories, and questions.
 
        If you have a World-Wide Web browser, you can access the "virtual
room" version of the list at the Community Building Website, an electronic
resource center built around the recently published book on "Community
Building: Renewing Spirit and Learning in Business" (New Leaders Press,
1995) Its address is: http://vision-nest.com/vn/cbw/CommunityBuilding.html.
 
        From the bookjacket: "As workers at all levels in organizational
hierarchies experience a sense of disconnectedness from one another in the
pursuit of the 'bottom line,' a yearning has developed among the
populations of companies and other workplaces. This yearning originates
from a need to feel a part of a community.  This fundamental human need to
feel connected to others is driving good people out of organizations or,
worse yet, into unhealthy lifestyles should they resign themselves to
endure the separations they find at work and seek ways to 'numb out' the
pain."
 
        The questions we offer as conversation openers are:
 
                "What does it take to develop a sense of community in
today's productivity-driven workplace?"
 
                "What processes and priorities can we establish so we can
have work situations where we feel connected, supported, and safe with our
co-workers?"
 
        If interested, subscribe to the list or join us at our website, and
feel free to add your (even half-baked) ideas, and *your* questions.
 
        To subscribe to the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] .
Ignore the subject line. In the first line of the body of the message,
write:
 
                subscribe Community-Builders
 
        To unsubscribe from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] .
Ignore the subject line. In the first line of the body of the message,
write:
 
                unsubscribe Community-Builders
 
        To post a new topic, send an email message to
[log in to unmask] and it will be distributed to all subscribers.
 
        To reply to any messages, just select the reply function in your
email program.
 
 
We also have a "sister list," called Wisdom at Work, for people who are
interested in the current transformation of consciousness and the movement to
integrate spirituality into our work and organizations. It is managed by
Let Davidson.
 
To subscribe:
 
Address your mail to: [log in to unmask]
 
Place the appropriate command in the body of your email message:
 
subscribe wisdom_at_work
 
 
George Por
Organizational Learning Systems
[log in to unmask]
 
"Electronic media is to be one of love's most powerful and effective tools
of transformation during the last days, facilitating education
and catalyzing widespread awakening."
The 3rd Millennium, by Ken Carey