Clusters of trust.....

The Chattering Clusters have taught me a great deal over the past 2 years. You must have learned stuff too. Isn't it amazing when you join a cluster that you immediately feel a pull of 'trust'?

Do you feel it when you join in a conversation on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Fast Company Now, etc? Do you feel the pull of people wanting to belong to the conversation? Do you sense their need to become involved, share their experiences, connect with you, allow you access to their thinking, be there for you? Do you, like me, wonder why this is so within the Chattering Clusters but not within your workspace? Do you try to extend the feeling of trust you have within your online clusters into your workspace? Do you find immediate acceptance of it as you would within a Chattering Clan or Tribe? Do you find yourself wondering why it is that we spend so much time and money at work on leadership, communication, negotiation, team building, etc training and yet it is all there in an instant when you join a Chattering Cluster?

When you were at school were you like me just busting to get to the playground and join the Chattering Clusters, Clans and Tribes? Do you remember the 'little lunch' breaks when the yo yo fad was just beThe Chattering Clusters have taught me a great deal over the past 2 years. You must have learned stuff too. Isn't it amazing when you join a cluster that you immediately feel a pull of 'trust'.

Do you feel it when you join in a conversation on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Fast Company Now, etc? Do you feel the pull of people wanting to belong to the conversation? Do you sense their need to become involved, share their experiences, connect with you, allow you access to their thinking, be there for you? Do you, like me, wonder why this is so within the Chattering Clusters but not within your workspace? Do you try to extend the feeling of trust you have within your online clusters into your workspace? Do you find immediate acceptance of it as you would within a Chattering Clan or Tribe? Do you find yourself wondering why it is that we spend so much time and money at work on leadership, communication, negotiation, team building, etc training and yet it is all there in an instant when you join a Chattering Cluster?

When you were at school were you like me just busting to get to the playground and join the Chattering Clusters, Clans and Tribes? Do you remember the 'little lunch' breaks when the yo yo fad was just beginning and you either were part of it or bemused by it and yet always so aware of it? Do you now understand that you were always an integral part of the conversations in the school playground even if you were not at the cutting edge of it or at the 'tipping point' of the new best thing (often an old best thing being recycled - like a yo yo craze!)? Do you crave a return to the honesty of the playground, the open access to all the conversations, and the integrity of those who had formed a Clan or a Tribe and demanded higher levels of trust from their members?

Do you feel, as I do, that the C21st heralds a return to clusters of trust at work and at play? ginning and you either were part of it or bemused by it and yet always so aware of it? Do you now understand that you were always an integral part of the conversations in the school playground even if you were not at the cutting edge of it or at the 'tipping point' of the new best thing (often an old best thing being recycled - like a yo yo craze!)? Do you crave a return to the honesty of the playground, the open access to all the conversations, and the integrity of those who had formed a Clan or a Tribe and demanded higher levels of trust from their members?

Do you feel, as I do, that the C21st heralds a return to clusters of trust at work and at play?