GUEST POST BY MICHEL BAUWENS P2P and the Commons – General Introduction Peer-to-peer social processes are bottom-up processes whereby agents in a distributed network can freely engage in common pursuits, without external coercion. It is important to realize that distributed systems differ from decentralized systems, essentially because in the latter, the hubs are obligatory, while in […]
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Polycentric Leadership for DAO’s: Web3 Bootstrapping Strategies – Part 2
GUEST POST BY SANGEET PAUL CHOUDARY For those of us who grew up with Web2, Web3 bootstrapping is – as the Thais would put it – same same but different. In last week’s newsletter, I expanded on two of key tools in our web3 bootstrapping arsenal. The first – the shift from creator toolsets to […]
A Polycentric Alternative to Hierarchical Church Leadership
Bob Wilson’s dissertation.
World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission (Polycentrism): Our Missions Future.
Originally posted from: https://weamc.global/gc23registration/ In 2019 we decided on the theme of “Our Missions Future” not knowing what 2020 was going to bring. We then wondered about focusing on a sub-theme of “missions beyond the pandemic” but in light of other crises, that quickly seemed too restrictive. As time and conversations have gone the full theme […]
Decentralising leadership: from monolithic to modular and polycentric
GUEST POST BY DANIEL OSPINA Original article at RnDAO Why talk about leadership? Let’s bring it back to the people. If you’ve ever been in an executive position, been an influential DAO member, or founded a new organisation, you’ll likely viscerally know the weight of responsibility. There can be so much work, so much uncertainty […]
Accelerating the Great Commission
Where Do We Need More Research? GUEST POST BY JOSH LAXTON This is part of an article series I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 4: Where is further research needed to accelerate the Great Commission? We live in a world that’s always conducting research. Because we are bombarded by various kinds of research every day, […]