Audience of One

#018 - Rich Bartlett on Coordination, Optimism, Commitment, & Agency


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Rich Bartlett helps people grow high-trust communities & decentralised organisations. He’s the co-founder of tech co-op Loomio, community building network Microsolidarity, management consultancy The Hum, and director of the social impact collective Enspiral.

We talk about microsolidarity, fellowship and belonging, being optimistic and pessimistic about the future, cooperation and coordination, increasing agency, commitment, and identifying what you’re good at.

(01:04) Why do we need better human coordination?

(06:25) Straddling the line between optimistic and pessimistic; being “pro” things instead of “anti”
(12:23) Stories drive cooperation
(15:51) Does he have a fundamentally good view of human nature?
(20:24) How to increase human agency
(27:10) How and when do you know to commit to something?
(33:33) Identifying what you're uniquely good at
(37:57) Rich’s final question for listeners

Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/

Enspiral: https://www.enspiral.com/

Microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc/

The Hum: https://www.thehum.org/

Rich’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichDecibels

Rich’s site: http://richdecibels.com/

Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R

Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com/

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