Community Development ... Silos


Community development is important because without it there would be no progress in the world.

There are several types of community development: (1) economic, (2) social, (3) health, etc.
In present day society, individuals operate in their silos and not understanding the impact of these different types of community development opportunities. Operating in one’s silo is a form of minding your business. However, there is little to no collaboration outside of those silos that can push the collective forward.

There are three focal points to have successful community development: (1) economics, (2) social capital, and (3) mentoring.

Every citizen needs to be engaged in community development.

As a business owner, lawyer, philanthropist, and community leader I’ve seen a lot of organizational dysfunction. And one of the many dysfunction is employees operating in their own silos and not helping others even if there is a natural synergy.

I learned during my doctoral program that organization efficiency helps move organizations and communities forward. Moving forward includes economic growth, decreasing crime, increasing your profit lines, KPI’s, SWOT analysis, frontier line, etc.

So, it is important to look at what is it that we're doing in our own lives. Whether we're just going home straight from the office, stay at home with our kids, with our spouses, with our church, and taking vacations every year, etc. We are to reach outside of our own lives to help each other.  

You often hear people say, ‘if you want to get there fast go by yourself if you want to get there to stay, then take some people with you.’  

What are we doing outside of our network to encourage others? How do we control the narrative? Where are the natural synergy opportunities?

~ Ronnie O'Brien Rice, PhD, Esq. 


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