Bob Putnam’s simple but brilliant insight inspired my hope and search for a broader approach, perhaps even a mechanism, to bring strangers together to collaborate in solving common problems.
In the last century, regulation in this country has evolved from the first independent regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, to ubiquitous regulators at the local, state, and federal levels.
Frank Weil, Chairman of The Intersector Project, describes the “connections and shared concerns among citizens that produce focused and effective forces that make society work.”