Richard Bartlett

Richard Bartlett discusses the co-living experiment in Andalusia, emphasizing starting small, finances, membrane design, organizing events, the importance of landscape and vibe, the emergent TPOT network, curating participants, and the danger of oversystematizing. They explore systems for participation, just-in-time system design, biasing toward small-group interactions, and GameB finance. The conversation also touches on financial planning, building high-trust communities, weaving weak links, and assuming good faith in interactions.

Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work & organization, Gameb, group size dynamics, big change movements & much more... Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work & organization, transitioning from game a to Gameb, models for financial solidarity, technology-first vs psychology-first approaches to collaboration, dyad vs crew vs congregation dynamics, competency-based networks, practices vs principles, moving podcasts towards community, activism vs actionism, decision-making methods & conflict management, post-COVID network change potential, fundamentals focus in big change movements, intentions vs competencies, the power of modularity, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Rich on Twitter Enspiral The Hum Rich's book, Patterns for Decentralised Organising Joshua Vial Rich's article, Microsolidarity Part 2 Riane Eisler JRS: EP48 Jessica Flack on Complex System Dynamics Hierarchy in the Forest by Christopher Boehm Jim's article, A Journey To GameB Rich's article, How To Weave Social Fabric Rich's article, I Will If You Will Microsolidarity Practice Week Richard D. Bartlett co-founded the digital tool Loomio and a decentralization consulting company, The Hum. He writes about how we work together, at any scale, from relationships to organizations to social change. He publishes on Medium.com, was a contributing author for Better Work Together, curates a comprehensive list of resources for decentralized organizations, and his first unfinished book (Patterns for Decentralised Organising) covers solutions to common failure points of groups – current draft available here. His most recent project, Microsolidarity is a plan for weaving purposeful networks where people support each other with deep mutual aid.

Richard Bartlett, co-founder of Loomio and The Hum, discusses patterns for decentralized organizing. Topics include his experience with decentralized organizing from the punk scene and Occupy Wellington, practical advice on organizing in DAOs and cooperatives, and the challenges faced by decentralized organizations. The conversation also touches on culture, inequality, spirituality, welfare state differences, and the use of DAOs for scaling in networked digital societies.