The intersection of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and cooperative enterprises represents a significant evolution in organizational design, one that reconciles nineteenth-century cooperative principles with twenty-first-century distributed systems technology. This convergence offers particular promise for local economies seeking to maintain community control while achieving operational efficiency and democratic accountability. Historical Foundations: The Rochdale Pioneers and DemocraticContinue reading “Organizational Design Upgrade: Cooperative Economics and Decentralized Governance”
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A Professional Guide to Building Distributed Community Resource Networks
This guide presents innovative frameworks for implementing community resource sharing systems that merge digital platform capabilities with physical community assets. Drawing from the Whole Earth Catalog’s philosophy and modern open source principles, we explore novel implementations that professionals can develop and students can study as emerging models for economic and social organization. Part I: TheoreticalContinue reading “A Professional Guide to Building Distributed Community Resource Networks”