More Praise for The Art of Community
“Powerful, practical, and inspiring. A modern articulation of, and advancement on, timeless wisdom. Emerging or veteran leaders who integrate these principles will build communities that are more resilient, passionate, and harmonious in the face of adversity and uncertainty.”
—Alan Price, Founding Director, Global Leadership Initiative, Harvard Business School, and author of Ready to Lead?
“The Art of Community is a brilliantly intentional, well-composed plan for engaging and developing communities. This book is both an inspiration and a field guide for those who wish to connect deeply and build the communities our world so desperately needs. As I read The Art, I found myself drawn to possibilities that fed my soul. I see new ways to tie myself and my family to others in constructive and spiritually rewarding ways. The Art of Community promises to enrich our lives immensely through new insights into community, leadership, and personal growth.”
—Thomas A. Kolditz, PhD, Brigadier General, US Army (ret.); Director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders; Founding Director, Leader Development Program, Yale School of Management; Founding Director, West Point Leadership Center; and author of In Extremis Leadership
“This book is full of rich wisdom and simple tools to help make community real. Our mission statement includes the word ‘community,’ but I never truly understood what it meant until reading this book. Too often we declare a community around affiliation without digging into the shared values and care for one another that make a real community.”
—Jason Jay, PhD, Director, Sustainability Initiative, MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of Beyond the Choir
“A deeply thoughtful and compelling book that shares many insights with clarity, accessible examples, and ideas for implementation. I learned a lot.”
—Lawrence Levy, former CFO, Pixar Animation Studios; cofounder, Juniper Foundation; and author of To Pixar and Beyond
“Charles Vogl’s book is a lucid, ferociously intelligent, and readily accessible road map to building a more connected culture. Education about community and character has been subordinated in American education to myopic cognitive and commercial learning. The result everywhere around us is devastating, from unprecedented wealth disparities to rampant tribalism. This work points to a much-needed antidote.”
—Marty Krasney, Executive Director, Dalai Lama Fellows
“A useful field guide to create durable and profound connections. It is an important undertaking, as isolation and loneliness are a root cause of the breakdowns all around us, including extreme violence.”
—Peter Block, author of Community and Flawless Consulting
“I’ve personally experienced the magic that Charles Vogl creates in powerful communities. People feel genuine belonging and connection. Now he has written down the essential principles so that others may experience this magic themselves. I cannot imagine a more important subject for a book in a society where so many of us hunger for connection and community.”
—Scott Sherman, Executive Director, Transformative Action Institute
“The Art of Community is an outstanding guide to creating and fostering the meaningful communities all of us need. As technology that allows us to physically detach from one another accelerates, it has become more important than ever to understand what community and belonging mean. Strong, mature communities benefit both individuals and humanity as a whole.”
—Jonathan Knowles, Explorer in Residence, Autodesk, and host of the Autodesk IDEAS series
“If you are tasked with bringing families, neighborhoods, or organizations together, read this book first. In The Art of Community, author Charles Vogl reinvigorates a vision of community and the importance of social bonds to our well-being. In place of our convenient and transient associations, Vogl tells us how to establish relationships that are more meaningful and enduring.”
—Michael O’Malley, author or coauthor of Every Leader Is an Artist, The Wisdom of Bees, and Leading with Kindness