Where open meets co-op
The original calling question, developed for the OPEN 2020 in Conway Hall no longer feels perfect in this post-covid world. We were going to ask "How can we co-create a new economy which puts people and the planet before profit?" which we expanded on for the OPEN 2020 About page. But clearly everything has changed now... and a new calling question seems required. Working … [Read more...]
In my previous post on making groups work I argued that a centralised, cooperatively owned platform could be one of the most effective ways to catalyse the co-creation of a new economy, right now. My argument for centralisation is based wholly on practicalities - and the urgency of the need. The climate emergency, coupled with the other systemic challenges we face (debt, … [Read more...]
We're very excited to announce that OPEN 2020 has partnered with Redecentralize.org - a movement of people pioneering technologies and governance models to redecentralize the web. Redecentralize seek a world of open platforms and protocols with real choices of applications and services for people. They care about privacy, transparency and autonomy - so are very much on the … [Read more...]
There is a growing consensus that enabling groups, and networks of groups, to work together, is essential to delivering exponential impact in collaboration and solving humanities multiple challenges. The Magical Number Seven, ideas about committees, decision making, teams and productivity all suggest that small groups are the most effective… whilst Hagel suggests that … [Read more...]
One of our key projects at The Open Co-op is The Open Credit Network, which evolved out of OPEN 2018 and our previous work on ideas for a co-op coin. Having tested a proof-of-concept and visited Sardex, a successful mutual credit network in Sardinia, we have now developed a bespoke directory and accounting system to enable UK businesses to trade via mutual credit. The … [Read more...]
In the run up to OPEN 2018, Oliver Sylvester-Bradley from The Open Co-op interviews Claire Tolan, a developer at Resonate, the music streaming co-op, about RChain, a new framework for scalable blockchain applications, which aims to enable 'glocal' cooperation. The technical design of RChain has foundations in 'rho calculus' which requires a little mind-power to comprehend in … [Read more...]