Building a Community: Many Small Beginnings Can Grow Into A Large-Scale Movement
Abstract
This article argues that building a community is like growing a movement: the end point is unknown, uncertainty is constant, and progress happens through many small steps. Getting stuck is inevitable but generative when met with curiosity. Movements grow by broadening participation, deepening practice, and providing direction at the right moments, guided by attentiveness to context, intuition, and reflective learning.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Artificial Intelligence Applications
Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change
Open Source Software Innovations
Publication details
- Journal / source
- AI Practitioner
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 13–18
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026