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So as organizations grow in scale, the result, as many of us feel intuitively, is the concomitant loss of creativity, flexibility, curiousity, and humanity. Mega scale organizations are not, generally speaking, very nice places to work at, shop at, or do business with, are they? That is why they are always fighting their very own inertia. Like any ... See more

umair haque • Why We Need to Build Human-Scale Organizations

This math changes when you have a more decentralized food system. When farmers are growing food in the same community to which they sell, there’s a tighter feedback loop between farmer, consumer, environment and health. Some things work well at scale: others don’t. At this point, I’m fairly convinced the modern-day food system is completely broken ... See more

Justin Mares • The Next Brand, Episode #7

that matters are best handled by the smallest, lowest, and most decentralized competent authority.

Zack Bryant • Moral Design — Journey Group

Garrett Hardin in “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Science, December 13, 1968.

Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization

Over many months, Blumer—sometimes gently, sometimes more forcefully—helps these businesspeople relaunch themselves, so that they can work fewer hours yet provide far more value to their clients and make far more money.

Adam Davidson • The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

Peter Drucker.

John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

Understand Where You Live No.41 September 1984

Exploring bioregionalism, Thomas Berry emphasizes sustainable, self-sufficient communities that harmonize human existence with natural systems while critiquing capitalism, colonialism, and centralized urban structures.

thomasberry.org

The deep knowledge about a place is most likely held by farmers and engaged locals. But it is not likely to be in a form demanded by policymakers to substantiate calls for spending. It’s not just about quantifying, it’s about qualitative data of the kind that amounts to a form of collective intelligence.”

Creative Destruction • Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #84

Moving on to the Community Sphere:- Learn With Others - Plant Trees - Setup Community Solar - Store Seeds - Diversify Local Farming - Grow a Local Currency