I really enjoyed the article too. Don Watkins DGW Enterprises LLC - Business for the Common Good Community Moderator - https://opensource.com/users/don-watkins https://www.linkedin.com/in/donwatkins
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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