Turning Your
Small Town Around
hosted by Joe Bartmann

there are
no experts
out there.

“the difference
between winners
and losers is
attitudes and
actions.”
-Dave Ramsey

you can only
change you.

your town
needs you
to be radical.

tools for
radical
leaders.

become a
not knower.

see the whole
iceberg.

U
problem
solution
co-creating
learning
change
to see
letting it come
-adapted from C. Otto Scharmer

don’t jump
the U.

turn it
outside in.

leaders
doers
watchers
uninterested

stewards
doers
contributors
fringe

help them do
their own
thing.

E = Dm
-adapted from C. Otto Scharmer

personal Energy
E = Dm

personal Energy
E = Dm
makes a Difference

matters to me
personal Energy
E = Dm
makes a Difference

matters to me
personal Energy
E = Dm
makes a Difference

host
conversations
that matter.

1. write everything down.
2. listen with an open mind.
3. contribute what you can.

what behaviors
could we change
in my
community?

what can I do,
starting today?

5 Tools for Radicals
• Become a not-knower.
• See the whole iceberg first.
• Turn it outside in.
• Help people do their own thing.
• Host conversations that matter. (start now)

Joe Bartmann
joe@RuralLearningCenter.org
ReimagineRural.com
www.slideshare.net/rurallearning