Thoughts on Community

Trust

Trust is built on the knowledge of our commonalities and shared experiences. Being curious and open to looking for what we share rather than what's different, trust can be a powerful catalyst for communication and collaboration – it can make things that seem impossible achievable. Let’s look at a few ideas around the structure, the conditions that enable it and how trust is built and sometimes broken.

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Sascha Mombartz

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Belonging

Belonging is an essential part of our being. But what is it exactly and how is it created and experienced. A brief dive into how you can belong to a community, how it belongs to you and why we have a longing for it.

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Sascha Mombartz

Community Profiles

My Community Journey

A brief exploration into how and why I am so fascinated and intrigued by communities. It wasn't the abundance of connections but rather the upheaval and often lack of community that made me desire, analyze and feel deeply about what it meant to be part of something.

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Sascha Mombartz

What Silence Means

What is it about silence that makes us feel awkward sometimes and really connected other times? Just being present without words can be a powerful gesture.

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Sascha Mombartz

How Vulnerability Matters

Vulnerability is terrifying; it leaves us open to attack and to painful criticism. But it’s also a powerful way to grow, build connections, and create together.

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Sascha Mombartz

Community Built Futures

A deep dive into our thinking on how community and society interact, what our challenges are and approaches to solve them.

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Sascha Mombartz

Future, City, Community

André Campbell, host of the Building Future Cities Podcast, interviews me about the future city and what role community building plays in it.

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Sascha Mombartz

Community Leadership: Energy, Space & The Pendulum

A Conversation with Gillian Davis about what it means to lead a community, how it effects your energy and a powerful dynamic that can help manage it all.

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Sascha Mombartz

Memories of Place

Our collective memory of places can strengthen us, bond us together and give us a place to move forward from. But how can we keep memory from becoming overly sentimental and exclusionary?

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Sascha Mombartz

Forging Trust & Friendship

As we get older, forging close friendships becomes significantly harder. But that changes when we redesign our lives so that we are actively seeking out purpose and meaning.

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Sascha Mombartz

The Individual Collective

Collectively we can harness a lot of strength and possibilities. But a collective is made up of many individuals and ensuring that the wants and needs are aligned between individuals and the larger collective can be a challenging negotiation.

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Sascha Mombartz

We don’t need Heroes. We need Collective Victory.

It's not as obvious as it seems that together we can be and do more.

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Sascha Mombartz

Community Profiles

Nick McGirl from ChangemakersXchange

A conversation with the Director at ChangemakerXchange on some of their learnings and challenges.

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Sascha Mombartz

Models of Relating

A brief exploration into different models and modes of Relationship.

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Sascha Mombartz

Community Work is Self Work

Working with others also means working on our own attitudes and ideas.

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Sascha Mombartz

Fairness is Overrated

and bragging is underrated.

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