Building Capacities for Transformation in the 21st Century
	Foundations for 21st Century Life... Principles of Communities of the Future

The original Communities of the Future concept was evolved from 1989-92 based on the following principles.

There is a need to build shared vision for the future based on new trends brought about by change.

• The Gretsky Factor and Community Transformation

• Building Capacities for Transformation: An Attempt at a Composite Answer

• The Web Hole of Generative Dialogue - on-line article coming soon...

Establish the concept of lifelong learning and develop new methods to restructure education to provide flexibility, adaptability and creativity.

• Creating an Environment for Transformational Learning

Develop a decision making process that develops consensus among many citizens.

• The Idea of Knowledge Democracy

Establish an electronic information network so that individuals and organizations can share information with one another simultaneously.

Bring businesses together to develop systems to compete in a world economy through "associate" involvement and "associate" rewards and incentives.

• Harnessing the Knowledge Economy

• The Knowledge Economy Network Group

• Building Capacities for a Knowledge Economy - on-line article coming soon...

Develop a new sense of community among diverse people by creating groups of "nonbloodline" families, a network of people who are not related to each other but care about each other as if they were family.

• Councils for the Common Good

• Key Principles of the Councils

A new form of leadership able to build consensus and develop capacities for transformation in local communities.

Leadership in Transformation - article coming soon...

Establish a series of places where people can go to "see" the future at work.

• Project 21st Century Think Tank

• Creating 21st Century Context

• The Millennium Center Project - description coming soon...

• The Millennium Station Project - description coming soon...