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The word "community" has old roots, going back to the Indo-European base
mei, meaning "change" or "exchange." Apparently this joined with another root,
kom, meaning "with," to produce an Indo-European word kommein:
shared by all.
We think the idea of "change or exchange, shared by all," is pretty close to the sense of community in organizations today.
Community building is a core strategy for sharing among all its members the burdens and the benefits of
change and exchange. (Juanita Brown)
Excerpted from The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook.
Copyright 1994 by Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross,
and Bryan J. Smith. Reprinted with permission.
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