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5d • 💡Research Notes
💡 Research Insight: The Conditions for Connection
Today's conversations across Skool gave us a lot to think about.
When we asked community owners what makes a community thrive, very few talked about tactics.
Instead, they described the conditions they believe make connection possible.
Here's what kept coming up:
💙Members helping one another.
💙Feeling safe enough to ask questions.
💙Leaders who stay in the conversation.
💙Members answering each other's questions.
💙Owners who lead with humility instead of pretending to have all the answers.
One comment especially caught my attention.
A community owner shared that she intentionally waits before answering questions so other members have the opportunity to respond first.
As a former educator, that immediately made me think about the classroom.
Great teachers don't always answer first.
Sometimes they create space for students to learn from one another.
I'm beginning to wonder if thriving communities work the same way.
Maybe our job isn't to create engagement.
Maybe our job is to create the conditions where engagement naturally happens.💙
🔬 Working Hypothesis
The strongest communities may not be those with the most active owners.
They may be the ones where members gradually become active participants in one another's growth.
We'll keep testing that idea.
Question for you:
What have you done that helped members start interacting with each other instead of relying only on you?
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