GRASSROOTS GREENING: PLANTING GROWS COMMUNITY

"The One Small Thing" method for Creative Edge Organization involves finding "one small thing" that people find easy to do as a first step in generating the involvement and empowerment that builds community in nieghborhoods and creativity in organizations. A "traffic calming" initiative in San Francisco leads to a green, walkable neighborhood, and, suddenly, there is a community where neighbors, schools, merchants all come together.

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FOCUSING AND BUSINESS: BUILDING COMMUNITY AT WORK

Creative Edge Organizations encourage creative, innovative problem solving from each individual's fresh, intuitive, right-brain thinking by teaching Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening as basic skills of "emotional and social intelligence." The exchange of Focusing/Listening turns builds feelings of "buy in" and "community" while encouraging innovation, creativity, and diversity.

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