Creating a Community of Practice: For Yourself and for the World

Children have a natural inclination to seek out one another. Their curiosity, coupled with their sense of immediate connection, draws them to other children, in play, and in comfort. As adults, our ability to create connections with others becomes filtered through past experiences, laden with issues regarding trust, communication, support and self-awareness, as well as the pressures of everyday living. In a time, when once trusted institutions are becoming fractured, it’s easy to become isolated. Even identifying with a group of people with a common mindset can feel lonely, if it isn’t meet with real-world shared experiences or moments of true connection. As Thomas Friedman states, in his book Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, “Today, our social media experiences are designed in a way that favors broadcasting over engagements, posts