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Category Archives: anarchism
Are Leaderless Organizations Practical?
Jeffrey Neilsen, in an op-ed piece in the SLTrib (26 Oct 2011), describes some recent examples of leaderless communities: the Arab Spring in the Middle East, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, and even the Tea Party While I find these … Continue reading
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Free Time
Nancy Gibbs writing in Time magazine (22 Nov 2010) discusses innovation and why we need to reinvent free time: . . . . no one has yet managed to [invent] the time machine. Or better yet, the time expander. So … Continue reading
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Gaviotas Colombia . . . Part III
The following is quoted from an article by Laurie Guevara-Stone in Home Power (Dec and Jan 2011). It concerns a trip several of us took to Gaviotas, Colombia, in March 2010: Innovation through Experimentation According to (Pablo) Lugari, the community (Gaviotas) thrives on overcoming … Continue reading
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George Orwell, Rejected
At first, George Orwell found it difficult to get published. His masterpiece Animal Farm was rejected by the major publisher in the UK at the time, Faber & Faber. The 1944 rejection letter from T.S. Eliot (no less), who was … Continue reading
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Perpetual Anarchy
I’ve always admired the oximoronic idea of “organized chaos” or “creative pandemonium” or “efficient tumult.” For me, organizations spend way to much time perpetuating their institutional structure and not nearly enough time on their stated mission. Organizations, as they mature, get increasingly rigid, … Continue reading
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Organized Chaos
The Sunday before last, there was a one-hour tribute on 60 Minutes to the recently deceased Don Hewitt. Don created and was the inspiration behind one of TV’s longest running shows: 60 Minutes. While I don’t usually watch shows that … Continue reading
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