Comments on: January: Day and time for the Ho‘ohana Community.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:54:28 +0000

Welcome Kevin, and thank you so much for joining our Ho’ohana Community with such an open, heartfelt statement of your mana’o.
I have a feeling you are alaka’i, having the capacity to weave the aloha you seek into your management team with your own initiative and leadership by example: we will all look forward to hearing more from you, and giving you whatever support we can here, and in the reach of our ho’ohana.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:12:57 +0000

I am so excited to find not only Rosa’s book but even more excited with the idea of the Ho’ohana community. Although this isn’t my first round at the managers table it is the first time I’ve been one of a team of managers/supervisors and one of the first times I’ve had to work with those who don’t easily embrace Aloha in the workplace. As long as I can remember values similar to Rosa’s were apart of my life at work and at home. I look forward to sharing as well as learning from all of you. Thank you Rosa for this great forum.

By: Rosa Say

Rosa Say — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:38:33 +0000

Welcome Beth!
Imagine, Ho‘ohana Community, the ability and capacity you have, to reach out and help someone feather their nest with aloha before they take a trans-Pacific flight … community is a beautiful thing.
On her new blog, Beth has offered her own thoughtful criteria for online communities: visit her post at this url: http://execukos.blogspot.com/2004/12/appreciative-inquiry-and-parelli.html
I couldn’t agree more with what she has written in her bullet points as “what feels to be genuine community.”

By: Beth Robinson

Beth Robinson — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:26:20 +0000

I feel honored to have Rosa introduce me to the community by quoting me in the company of Starhawk, Cicero and LBJ. I’m having an identity crisis! What she didn’t yet mention is that I wrote those words to her by way of compliment, adding this online community to my list of only two others that feel like real community to me. I have so much to say on THAT subject that I’ve taken off on it as my first set of postings to the weblog that Rosa inspired me to begin.
So I’m here to learn, to offer whatever stories will help others and whatever questions come up in my own exploration of the concepts Rosa has laid out in Managing With Aloha. I’m planning to move physically to Hawai’i in 2005, so this community is a great gift, for me to learn more about the values and practices and how they translate to a better way to work, manage and lead.
Beth

By: Rosa Say

Rosa Say — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:11:29 +0000

Aloha Dave and Doug, my mahalo for your thoughts on community. I for one believe we can never have enough optimism about our prospects, and when I read comments like the ones shared by both of you, I again think of the Ho’ohana Community as this petri dish of abundance. You both have an incredible amount to share, and I’m honored that you choose to do so here.
Community is not, and never will be a singular concept: there is a multiplier effect – much like the blogging network! – wherein coaching, mentoring, teaching, and the simple arms-open sharing of conversation can touch other lives profoundly. My vow with Talking Story is that an environment is created here for the learning exchange to happen freely, in an atmosphere of aloha, dignity, and respect.
Dave, I love love love the picture you paint in your comment. I can see it, feel it, taste it. We can learn as much – if not more – from the younger generation as we can from each other: my own kids remind me of that daily! I’m relying on our youth to help us shatter the old paradigms we have of work so the reinvention we need can begin in earnest.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:42:33 +0000

Just leave it to me to find the one quote from your January theme that is connected to my passion:
Margaret Mead – “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
I know, I know, the talking story about change is pau…but I have so much fun talking about it.
Seriously, though, I sometimes wonder how we of the Baby Boomer generation can ever come together as a community. We were and still are all so independent and rebellious..anti-establishment, anti-rules, anti-everything.
But think of the good that can be done if the Boomers can come together in the style of Margaret Mead…such a rich community of thought and action. The world would not be enough…think of the universe as the target of our change.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:22:01 +0000

A community is like a database that has been souped up with emotion. The database provides information. Add emotion and it turns to wisdom and knowledge.
Imagine the ability to draw upon people from different walks of life who simultaneously pursue “work with intent and purpose.” The opportunity and diversity of learning is incredible!
Because I forever think of myself as a student, I forget I have the ability to teach as well. I hope we have the opportunity in this community to touch and help the young professionals of today.
Thanks for building this community Rosa!
Dave