January 2011
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Guest Blog from Member Kevin Ewing →
A blog from the Rev. Kevin Ewing. We’re fortunate and honored to call him a friend, Grove Member, and agent of change in our city. Here’s a little snap shot of his work in our community.
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Community doesn’t just happen. It doesn’t matter how extravagant the facilities, how educated and wealthy the residents, how well funded the programs or how established the management...
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Creativity - Guest Blog by Create96
Walk into any classroom of small children and ask them who can draw. I guarantee you’ll get a room full of excited raised hands. Then when they’re done, ask them to show you their pictures and they’ll be falling over themselves (often literally) to be the first to show off their dinosaurs, unicorns, family portraits and wild designs. The sense of creativity in the room is palpable and...
Incubation: ending the cycle of aborted dreams and...
At the Grove we value creating space to imagine and giving time for ideas to grow and mature, ending the cycle of aborted dreams and lost ideas. The process of incubating an idea or a movement begins with a permissioning culture that supports creativity. We believe that permissioning others to create in an atmosphere that feels like an experimental laboratory empowers people to take risks with...