Really enjoyed the new article, Brook! Of course you're perfectly qualified to take this assignment on. I know it was a book review/interview and not really the space for editorializing, but I'm wondering what you _think_ of the book, its suggestions, and its call for a return to Athenian-style democracy (modified, of course, for today's more socially equitable context!).
On 01/09/2017 08:19 AM, Chad Whitacre wrote: > Nice find, Brook! Reminds me of this quote > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt61tnCKnU#t=18m10s> from a > documentary on economic democracy I started watching last night: > > One of the things that's really attractive about co-ops—worker > co-ops in particular, but most co-ops in general—is that they have > also a slew of social benefits, which we're just really learning how > to talk about. Some of those benefits include things like what we > call social capital in general: learning how to do teamwork; work > with other people; be a leader when you need to be a leader, but > stand back when someone else can be the leader. So what we're > finding out is that people who are involved in co-ops also tend to > be much more involved in their communities. They take on other > leadership roles: maybe on a board of some other local organization; > maybe participate in their credit union. They might, if they're a > parent, be more involved in a parent organization. They might get > more socially involved, because they get used to speaking up, they > get used to the transparency in the co-op, and they start to expect > that in the rest of their lives. > > > > ---- > Chad Whitacre > http://whit537.org/ > +1-412-925-4220 <tel:(412)%20925-4220> (cell) > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Brook Manville <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Open Org friends--came across an interesting resource, a sort of > open source collection of cases and lore about participative > organizations and processes..do any of you already know it? lots of > overlap with open org thinking.... > > http://participedia.net/en/browse/cases > <http://participedia.net/en/browse/cases> > > By the way, my discovery came about during some research I was doing > on my newest blog post on "disrupting democracy"--for those of you > not on my regular distribution, you might find that too of interest: > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/2017/01/08/time-to-disrupt-our-powder-wigged-democracy/#19e232642cb0 > > <http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/2017/01/08/time-to-disrupt-our-powder-wigged-democracy/#19e232642cb0> > > Kind regards > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > ### Editor's Note ### > > Hey there, friends! Today we're running a new piece from ambassador > Laura Hilliger about a few of the lessons open leaders can learn > from > great storytellers. We think you'll love it. Enjoy! > > –B > > ### Content Update ### > > New today: > Laura Hilliger: "What storytellers can teach open leaders" > > https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/1/what-storytellers-can-teach-open-leaders > > <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/1/what-storytellers-can-teach-open-leaders> > > Sample social media: > > Learning from great storytellers makes us better open leaders, says > @epilepticrabbit red.ht/2hVN9PF <http://red.ht/2hVN9PF> #TheOpenOrg > > What can open leaders learn from great storytellers? > @epilepticrabbit > lists three lessons, for starters: red.ht/2hVN9PF > <http://red.ht/2hVN9PF> #TheOpenOrg > > Previously published: > > Sam Knuth: "Avoid echo chambers and make open decisions" > > First day page views: 325 > > ### Site Stats ### > > Page views yesterday: 558 > Total page views for the month: 2,000 > > Field Guide downloads: 1 > Total Field Guide downloads for the month: 5 > > Catalyst-In-Chief downloads: 1 > Total Catalyst-In-Chief downloads for the month: 1 > > Leaders Manual downloads: 5 > Leaders Manual downloads for the month: 12 > > ### Social Media Stats ### > > @TheOpenOrg Twitter followers: 3,606 (+8) > @JWhitehurst Twitter followers: 14,706 (+8) > Facebook likes: 520 (+0) > > ### TheOpenOrg Resources ### > > Metrics spreadsheet: > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/196RzNrhAiHRBcZHtrDYYKy0I9m8Bqa67K9OOPbDxuME/edit?pli=1#gid=46325027 > > <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/196RzNrhAiHRBcZHtrDYYKy0I9m8Bqa67K9OOPbDxuME/edit?pli=1#gid=46325027> > > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list> > > > > > -- > */Brook Manville/**/ > Principal, Brook Manville LLC/* > > */http://www.brookmanville.com//* > /Twitter/ <https://twitter.com/> /@brookmanville > / > /blogging at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/ > <http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/>/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list> > > _______________________________________________ Openorg-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list
