Organisational Design for the 21st Century
Watch the videos from OPEN 2017 - The two day conference on Platform Co-ops, organised by The Open Co-op on the 16 - 17 February 2017. We will be uploading more videos to this page as they are ready so check back again soon... OPEN 2017 - Introduction Oliver Sylvester-Bradley introduces the OPEN 2017 - Platform Co-ops conference, highlighting global temperature rise and … [Read more...]
At OPEN 2017 one of the open space sessions which was proposed by Phil Carey focused on "Inter-generational Collaborative Platforms". Here Phil explains what was discussed and the 'call to action' that developed from the session. We live in a world that needs to accommodate an extra 3 billion people within 50 years. We also have a population that is ageing globally, and … [Read more...]
Brianna Wettlaufer is the CEO and Co-founder of Stocksy, a platform co-op which offers a highly curated collection of royalty-free stock photography and video footage. In the run-up to OPEN 2017, where Brianna will be speaking, Oliver Sylvester-Bradley explores her experiences of setting up and running a platform business as a co-op. OSB: Why did you and your business … [Read more...]
If you've ever wondered about how a new, collaborative, sustainable, democratic economy might work the new book 'Ours to Hack and Own - The rise of platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer internet', is for you. The book is edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider, the organisers of the Platform Co-operativism events in New York, who have … [Read more...]
In this mini video the Rt Hon John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaks about Labour's thoughts on enabling mass participation to create a democratic economy. We've never hear an UK MP speak so candidly about utilising online tools to enable mass participation in the democratic process and are very excited about what this could mean. John McDonnell will … [Read more...]
The following post presents a vision of an open source operating system, which we at The Open Co-op believe would help create a collaborative, sustainable economy. See the video at the end of this post for an introduction to the concepts and ideas behind PLANET. Please let us know your thoughts in The Open Co-op forum. Download PLANET to your phone to become a … [Read more...]