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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.

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Co-op Workers bursaries to attend OPEN 2019

The Solidfund is offering members of worker co-ops bursaries to cover the costs of travel and tickets to the OPEN

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

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