The Community of the future / Frances Hesselbein, ... [et al.], editors.

Includes index.

[pt.1] Trends shaping the evolution of community. The paradox and promise of community / Margaret J. Wheatley, Myron Kellner-Rogers -- Economic community and social investment / Lester C. Thurow -- The future-capability of society / Rita S�ussmuth -- How boomers, churches, and entrepreneurs can transform society / Bob Buford -- [pt.2] The values of community. The ideal community / Stephen R. Covey -- Wisdom as capital in prosperous communities / Claire L. Gaudiani -- Diversity in community / R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. -- Lessons from Sevagram Ashram / Arun Gandhi -- [pt.3] The impact of new communications technology. Communications technology in dynamic organizational communities / James L. Barksdale -- Global communications and communities of choice / Marshall Goldsmith -- Virtual communities / Howard Rheingold -- [pt.4] Creating communities in organizations. Building community in the workplace / Gifford Pinchot -- Managing for results in the community of the future / James L. Heskett -- Six practices for creating communities of value, not proximity/ Dave Ulrich -- Opportunities in the global economy / Maria Livanos Cattaui -- [pt.5] Strengthening the social fabric. The dream that lies before us / Frances Hesselbein -- High-tech inner-city community development / Noel M. Tichy, Andrew R. McGill, Lynda St. Clair -- Twenty-first-century leadership in the African American community / Bobby William Austin and Andrew J. Young -- Gaining equal access to economic power / Hugh B. Price -- The new American identity / Raul Yzaguirre -- Five building blocks for successful communities / Suzanne W. Morse -- [pt.6] Global dimensions of community. Our children are the community of the future / Richard F. Schubert and Rick R. Little -- Community in the Third and Fourth worlds / Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika -- Anticipating the community of the future / Jaime A. Zobel de Ayala II.

"The Community of the Future brings together such leading thinkers as James L. Barksdale, Stephen R. Covey, Arun Gandhi, Margaret J. Wheatley, Elie Wiesel, and many others to provide insight into the powerful notion of community. Their new, never-before-published essays explore what is important about our communities today and how they will look tomorrow - how we will live, work, communicate, and govern ourselves. This collection from the world's top thinkers shows us the challenges we face in building the communities of the future and what we can do today to prepare."--BOOK JACKET.