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This year, OPEN 2019 will be a smaller gathering and a mixture of online webinars, Q&As and opportunities for collaboration, as well as some offline, London based presentations, discussions and "beer to beer learning" opportunities :)

Let's join the dots between all the organisations and communities that are working on building a new, regenerative economy - by acknowledging the shared purpose of our movement - and collaborate on a scale never seen before to build a world of abundance and equity for all.

Check out the EVENTS CALENDAR and let us know if you would like to add an event.

Paul Mason joins the OPEN 2019 Gathering

The Open Co-op is proud to announce Paul Mason will be attending at OPEN 2019. Paul wrote the important and

Defining a shared purpose for the progressive movement

*In this article I use the term ‘progressive movement’ to mean all the people and organisations that are working, or

OPEN 2019 switches venue

The Open Co-op is pleased to announce we will be hosting OPEN 2019 at a new venue, in between Angel

OPEN 2019 joins IWGB boycott of University of London in solidarity with workers

The exploitation of temporary, freelance and out-sourced workers is a serious issue. As companies get bigger and more powerful, and

OPEN 2019 – Lightning talks – Solutions for the regenerative economy

The OPEN 2019 Community Gathering will feature a selection of lightning talks explaining ideas and solutions that support the development

The Key Themes of Collaboration

Having re-watched the webinar on Catalysing Collaboration at Scale I wondered if it might be possible to identify some of

Video: Catalysing collaboration at scale

The video below is a recording of a webinar exploring how to catalyse collaboration at scale. This first even of

Defining the DNA of collaboration

As a species, human beings are barely more intelligent than kindergarten kids. We revel at our place at the top

The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement?

Have you ever wondered why the world works like it does? Why things seem skewed in favour of the rich

RChain – a blockchain 3.0 framework for ‘glocal’ cooperation

In the run up to OPEN 2018, Oliver Sylvester-Bradley from The Open Co-op interviews Claire Tolan, a developer at Resonate,

Holochain – The commons engine for cooperation at scale

This article is the second part of our interview with Matthew Schutte, Communications Director at Holochain, which covers their plans

Holochain – the perfect framework for decentralised cooperation at scale

Holochain is a new technology project with huge potential for the cooperative economy. Members of The Open Co-op have been

Resonation – An interview with Peter Harris

Resonate is a music streaming co-op and a great example of a platform co-op which is changing the way business

Decentralized co-operation at scale

The following post is transcript of a recent webinar on “Decentralized co-operation at scale. What patterns work? What are the

Hullcoin: can blockchain unlock the hidden value in Hull’s economy?

It might come as a surprise – but something innovative is happening in Hull. Hull is one of those cities,

The making of the Cooperative Cloud

Co-owned web infrastructure is a clear goal for the co-op movement. As well as ensuring our data is not abused

Belonging is a superpower – Patterns for decentralised organising

If you work in any type of co-op, or non-hierarchical group, with open and inclusive values and aspirations for horizontal

Book review – Ours to Hack and Own

If you’ve ever wondered about how a new, collaborative, sustainable, democratic economy might work the new book ‘Ours to Hack

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