
Ep 29 - Dave Bayless - The 3 Foundations of a Successful Community: Purpose, People, Process
 What makes a successful community & how can you help your community get there?  🤝 
Today, we ask Dave Bayless, Co Founder at Human Scale Business, about his experience in community building. He shares with Sammy, what he thinks the most integral part of every community is. 
They talk about: 
1. Purpose, People, Process – The 3 foundations of a successful community  
2. What is 'Microsolidarity' & why is it so important for community-building 
3. 3 crucial steps to start building your community and keep it going 
4. Dave's definition of real communities 
5. How to leverage online meeting tools to execute community events & connect your  community outside of events 
About Dave: 
Dave's career spans community building, innovation, and corporate and entrepreneurial advance. He's worked in distributed teams for 26 years, and holds degrees in economics from Montana State University and Northwestern University. Dave is an enthusiastic skier and mountain bike rider, and drinks too much coffee. He lives, works, and plays in Bozeman, Montana. 
Find Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wdbayless/  
Dave's recommendation:  
Business book:  
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters – Priya Parker https://amzn.to/3URwKMi  
Companies & Tools: 
SuperHive, an email-based tool for unlocking meaningful, peer-to-peer connections within closed communities – https://superhive.is/  
Mighty Networks – https://www.mightynetworks.com/  
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About Human Scale Business: 
Human Scale Business hosts collaborative learning communities including Faculty Resilience, Community Online, and (coming soon) Better BPM. 
Website: https://humanscalebusiness.org/  
Industry: Consulting 
Company size: 2 
Headquarters: Bozeman, United States 
Founded: 2015 
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About the host Sammy: 
Sammy and SAWOO enable you to drive recruiting & employer branding via your hiring managers on LinkedIn.  
We can help you: 
- Speed up hiring  
- Reduce hiring costs  
- Create an authentic Employer Brand 
- Create a Talent Pool that you can tap into any time 
Get in touch with Sammy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammygebele/
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Past guests on the LEADERS IN CONSULTING show include: Dr. Stefan Sambol, Dr. Andreas Baader and Rainer Majcen, Friederich von Hurter, Peter Feldmeier, Alexander Kainer, and many more.  
