By Hildy Gottlieb

What happens when people choose to focus on what they can achieve to improve their communities, not just what is wrong?

This is the question that leads to successful community change, says Peter Block, author of The Answer to How Is Yes and Community: The Structure of Belonging. 

In this podcast, Mr. Block discusses how people and organizations can focus on the strengths of their communities and then build on those assets to make improvements.

Mr. Block's latest book is The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods. He co-wrote the book with John McKnight, who was featured on this podcast in December.

Hildy Gottlieb is the co-founder of Creating the Future and author of The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing "Nonprofit Organizations" to Create the Future of Our World. In this podcast, Making Change, she interviews leaders to discuss how those who are working for the greater good can effect more social change. New episodes of Making Change appear on the second Thursday of every month.