GS S04E03 The Future Of The Org
There is a history to the ways humans organize themselves, and that means there are possible futures of Organization — and even what ‘Organization’ means.
Take the “Distributed Autonomous Organization”, or DAO. Caught in the excitement and confusion around Blockchain, the DAO stood out as a futuristic mechanism for arranging human potential. There was a sense of possibility that there might be a new kind of arrangement of collective action. Something other than the sine qua non of modern systems of organization — the Company.
Can you imagine what might be other kinds of arrangements of human potential and collective action? If you were in one of those futures, what are these new organizations called? How do you participate? What is the nature of the activities one is engaged in? What do you call yourself? How do we have “meetings?”
Curious about all of this? Want to dig through this future?
Then join us Wed September 13th at 8AM PDT (UTC-7) and 3PM PDT (UTC-7) in a seminar-style discussion of Organization Futures at General Seminar S04E03 where we’ll dig deep into possible futures and imagine the Organization Future.
P.S. Tickets go quick for General Seminar, so don't dilly-dally!
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September 13th, 2023
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I will send you an private link to the Zoom meeting 24+ hours ahead, and another one an hour or so before, just to be sure you have everything you need. I recommend that you take a look at the General Seminar About Page to get a sense of the vibe. This is an Imagination rich session where we are looking to make sense of the topic, not make hard-and-fast predictions. We don't emphasize predictions because we believe that futures are malleable and as soon as you declare the future, you've removed your ability to imagine the world otherwise.
You may also enjoy listening to a General Seminar. We record these, and create audio digests for you and others to listen back to! Here's the one we did on Solarpunk, one of our most listened to podcast episodes. By purchasing a ticket you agree to being recorded. We don't share your full name in our digests, and the recordings are for creating a digest which we share back to you in the case where we are able to produce and audio recap.