Microsolidarity

Microsolidarity

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Microsolidarity episodes

  • Nuanu - designing the constitution for a huge community project in Bali

    Sasha Dimitrevic & Tucker Walsh are part of the organising crew for Nuanu: a new intentional village in Bali which could eventually grow to 2000 people. They interviewed me seeking advice for their community constitution.

    Themes 

    - multi-level addressable nested identities

    - epistemic conflict between oral & literate culture
    - using tempo to find the sweet spot between chaos and order
    - enrolling community members into polarity management
    - subsidiarity
    - training community members in conflict resolution, communication skills, etc
    - dual org charts for working & relating
    - designing to prevent people falling thru the cracks: loneliness, invisibility, disengagement
    - synchronising across the digital vs physical divide
    - encouraging active citizenship
    - what to do with low engagement
    - power dynamics, accountability for people in leadership roles
    - leadership succession  

    References:

    - The Hum online course for getting into all these topics in more depth: https://www.thehum.org/guided-program
    - Dee Hock, Chaordic Organisations: https://thesystemsthinker.com/the-nature-and-creation-of-chaordic-organizations/
    - Scaling Agile at Spotify: https://blog.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SpotifyScaling.pdf
    - How we design retreats for Enspiral: https://medium.com/microsolidarity/congregation-how-to-ffe35c65d70
    - Loomio (text-based group decision making) http://loomio.org
    - Ted Rau podcast: https://anchor.fm/roz-savage/episodes/Ted-Rau---Sociocracy-for-All-e1a718s and book: https://www.sociocracyforall.org/many-voices-one-song/
    - Jakob Nielsen 90-9-1 ruel for participation inequality: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/participation-inequality/   

    Thanks Joe Lightfoot for the intro! www.joelightfoot.org

    54 min
  • VibeCamp Debrief with Brooke

    Vibecamp is https://vibecamp.xyz/

    Brooke is @gptbrooke on twitter

    Here's how you can donate to the organising team.

    Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/DaQqVBGYPQA

    See http://microsolidarity.cc for more

    51 min
  • Intentional Society

    James Baker, founder of Intentional Society, speaking with Richard D. Bartlett about their community building experience, especially focussed on questions of how to decentralise leadership.  Their website is here: https://intentionalsociety.org/

    58 min
  • Blivande - 1st team retreat - Oct 2021

    A conversation with Diana Monsberger, community organiser at Blivande house in Stockholm. They're having their first team retreat soon, so Diana talked with Rich about how to design the gathering.  

    Some questions:  

    - how to work with 35 people

    - how to include people who don't desire structured intimacy
    - how to make it fun and not too serious
    - how to include people who can't participate for the full duration of the retreat
    - how to encourage people to speak with people they wouldn't otherwise connect with
    - how to connect the newbies with people who have been around for longer
    - what kinds of rituals can work in this community  

    Links:

    - Blivande House: https://www.blivande.com/
    - Troika Consulting: https://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/
    - Open Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
    - Authentic Relating: https://authenticrelating.co/what-is-ar/
    - Jojojo question cards: https://www.jojojo.cards/

    52 min
  • Enspiral Europe - 1st Gathering

    Silvia Bastos is one of the co-hosts of the recent Pico Island gathering: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Pico-Island-Congregation---1st-Summer-Gathering---June-2021-e136g6k

    She interviewed Richard Bartlett, one of the co-hosts of the recent Enspiral Europe gathering. 

    Video of this conversation is available here: https://youtu.be/W6T65zm2Jl4

    Mentioned in this conversation: 

    https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/friendlynerdbook

    https://LifeItself.us
    https://en.lacuisinedelabienveillance.org/les-messagers
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
    https://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/
    https://epiccollaboration.com/approaches/mg-taylor-practiced-anz-paz
    https://www.thehum.org/post/how-do-we-want-to-be-together
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1145867.Sitting_in_the_Fire
    https://www.moodcafe.co.uk/media/50868/1.1%20Trigger%20Logs.pdf

    http://microsolidarity.cc

    1 hr
  • Pico Island Congregation - 1st Summer Gathering - June 2021

    Silvia Bastos, Michal Korzonek & Richard D. Bartlett have a "debrief" conversation after the first gathering of their microsolidarity community in Pico Island, off the coast of Portugal.

    Lavishly documented here: https://pico.microsolidarity.cc/projects/summer-gathering-2021

    Join the next Microsolidarity practice program: http://thehum.org/microsolidarity 

    More about the Microsolidarity project: http://microsolidarity.cc

    Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/4CmvciBqGTk

    1 hr 20 min
  • Joshua Vial & Richard D. Bartlett: the journey of a community founder

    Joshua Vial is the founder of Enspiral: we talk about what it's like to be a community founder, how to decentralise power, creating adult-to-adult relationships, vision, experimentation, safety & harm, freedom & responsibility... and lots of other good stuff :)

    If you're not familiar with Enspiral, here's some introductory links:

    • a 2 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6eZIbgNrM
    • a 30 min presentation from Alanna Irving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ABqCgKi4X0
    • an interview with Jim Rutt and me https://www.jimruttshow.com/rich-bartlett/

      • More links:

      http://microsolidarity.cc/
      https://joshuavial.com/
      https://handbook.enspiral.com/

      Video from this conversation available here: https://youtu.be/1_3OxvUkPPo

      1 hr 6 min

    About Microsolidarity

    From the publisher's feed

    Microsolidarity is an open research network developing patterns and practices for mutual aid communities. This is not a podcast exactly, more like an audio diary for people participating in the research.