I'd like some feedback on an attempt of mine to fuse of 2 big ideas - one which started with Harrison's theme here and one that started with a debate with transparent system experts on how to make 2004 The Year of Transparency (and then every year on) Let me tell you where this visionary fusion seems to go to and then try to map it back to see if it could fit with what we are all most passionate about. Suppose this and other communities started a premier league of Transparency Nominations of 2004, which we provisionally see as: Col 1 Nomination Col 2 Declared conflicts nominee is setting out to right, and systemic construct for achieving Col 3 'Open observatory' tracking progress on righting declared conflicts Col 4 'Open observatory' tracking that system isn't falling apart on other basics over time Taking Dean for America as an example nomination - I need help here because not being American, I may not have stated exactly what you see as its most heroic conflicts to right: Col2 Right 1: Reverting to government by the people instead of by big vested interests- basis for doing this : all campaign contributions from individuals, none from big organizations Col2 Right 2: America as world's favourite (humanitarian) superpower, not one in perceived or actual conflict with some of the world's poorest people -basis for doing this- appears to be mix of using media through which people actively participate (eg moveon, truemajority, hopefully open space) and open declaration, eg through the common sense charter at http://images.deanforamerica.com/docs/cs/commonsense_print_pg2.pdf -Which eg includes a promise to restore the Truman vision of us as superpower: "The only expansion we are interested in is the expansion of human freedom and the wider enjoyment of the good things of the earth in all countries. The only prize we covet is the respect and good will of our fellow members of the family of nations. The only realm we aspire to eminence exists in the minds of men, where authority is exercised with the qualities of sincerity, compassion and right conduct." It isn't entirely clear to me how to ensure flows of the open observatory other than asking eg communities like this one if you 'co-sponsor' deanforamerica as a transparency of 2004 nomination to conversationally report any concerns that conflicts with the basis transparency goals are emerging. Of course, to the extent that the transparency register of 2004 achieved large scale awareness the nuances of how to ensure an open observatory works would change but in principle they rely on both virtual and real (open space and communal) networking in which people have easy access to helping spot any concern that the system is turning against its fundamental transparency mission I'd like to ask for any first reactions to this idea or points of clarification. As one other map back idea, if Right 2 is stated approximately correctly then I would see huge potentials for this DeanforAmerica conflict goal to be informed by activities developing out of practiceofpeace.com A short note on Transparency, as we view it: Transparent organisational systems audit and resolve emerging conflicts relentlessly; to do this they must also declare their main contextual goals openly and invite conversations with deepest external verification experts. An additional problem today is that transparency isn't what our institutions have recently been systemized around (Big 5 accounting's transactional measures are arguably perfect maths for compounding conflicts when they alone rule corporate governance ) , so we need heroic nominations to take on one or more conflicts to right, with a systemic foundation that has a structural chance of achieving such a breakthrough. Next major meeting space of transparency networkers is McMaster World Congress (Hamilton, Canada) mid January Corporate Governance track keynote speech by Don Tapscott. More at www.valuetrue.com <http://www.valuetrue.com/> Sincerely, chris macrae, [email protected]
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