"Empirical".... Evolution or Wisdom or Future or Realm....but the word EMPIRICAL should be involved!!! Please give me credit for this word if used please, Im in poverty, lol :/.....for now in RT
The trigger for a massive global transformation?
July 28th, 2010 by Nirav DevnaniThe search for the name of a newborn movement to unleash human potential.
For example, there is Supercool School, an online school platform that Assetmap, a new venture by Sandboxer Nathaniel Whittemore, is an online platform that helps individuals discover and leverage resources directly from the community around them, using the methodology of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD).
Sandboxer Bjoern Lasse Herrman is working towards just that. He is not alone. There is a discussion underway involving thought leaders in this field. Individuals focused on human development and empowerment outcomes, who have realized the need to frame and brand the category of ventures they work on.
Sandboxer Max Marmer believes that “the consolidation and focus around a single brand could create a rising tide that lifts their work through more effective PR, fundraising, and most importantly, collaboration.” One huge differentiator that sets these projects apart from almost all other organizations is their emphasis on “human potential” or “social capital”, rather than economic capital. The hope is that by creating a clearly defined space for these organizations to work in, there will be more opportunity to share this social capital, allowing them to achieve complimentary aspects of mutually shared visions. Their aspirations are tied to value creation, based on co-operative contribution, and will allow them to fulfill personal passions. Giving new meaning to their work, its helping people lead happier lives.
Sandboxer Dhaval Chadha initiated a design thinking session at Singularity University, where he currently studies, and united a group of Sandboxers & Friends from the Silicon Valley. Alexandros Pagidas beautifully synthesized the results into this Emergent Map.
The discussion has grown to include around fifty people, but those already participating want open it up further, to hear everyone’s suggestions. So what would you name this movement to unleash human potential?
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"Empirical".... Evolution or Wisdom or Future or Realm....but the word EMPIRICAL should be involved!!! Please give me credit for this word if used please, Im in poverty, lol :/.....for now in RT
The discussion has been inspiring and the intention to get this movement supported and acknowledged is admirable. As I have read the discussion threads evolve I have consistently been irritated by two oversights.
Firstly, this emergent innovation movement is rhizomatic not hierarchical. The various waves of ideas and chaordination which are helping this loosely distributed mesh of "knowmads" get together on things which matter to us are coming from all directions. There are initiators but no leaders; many alliances but few static groups. Labeling this movement will be the unsavory task of journalists, as it always has been. And more likely than not we will wind up with another term such as "generation Y" or "augmented reality" or "transmedia" which creates more problems than it solves. So while I admire the desire to take the initiative to name this movement in order to give it momentum and acceleration, the shape of the movement is by nature amorphous and naming it will unnecessarily limit the collective imagination.
Secondly, there cannot be a "brand" created for that which is not incorporated. As a social movement, using the language of branding positions our efforts as a parody of the public relations acrobatics of large corporations. The word branding originates from the act of pressing a hot iron bearing a rancher's insignia into the living flank of a cow. Branding is synonymous with ownership. In an ecosystem of open innovation, where we share ideas and processes towards a better collective good, ideas of ownership and property must evolve.
Rather than branding this movement as just another psycho-emotional product to be consumed (see other movements such as Adbusters or The Tea Party) let's hide out in the underground as long as we can. We can focus our efforts on making our best practices and radical processes well-documented and easy to understand. We can expand upon open legal frameworks such as Creative Commons to redefine our values of authorship and intellectual property. We can use the power of social networks and digital video to spread good ideas in formats accessible to our friends and colleagues.
Forget making this movement a brand. Let's make it a meme.
The discussion has been inspiring and the intention to get this movement supported and acknowledged is admirable. As I have read the discussion threads evolve I have consistently been irritated by two oversights. Firstly, this emergent innovation movement is rhizomatic not hierarchical. The various waves of ideas and chaordination which are helping this loosely distributed mesh of "knowmads" get together on things which matter to us are coming from all directions. There are initiators but no leaders; many alliances but few static groups. Labeling this movement will be the unsavory task of journalists, as it always has been. And more likely than not we will wind up with another term such as "generation Y" or "augmented reality" or "transmedia" which creates more problems than it solves. So while I admire the desire to take the initiative to name this movement in order to give it momentum and acceleration, the shape of the movement is by nature amorphous and naming it will unnecessarily limit the collective imagination. Secondly, there cannot be a "brand" created for that which is not incorporated. As a social movement, using the language of branding positions our efforts as a parody of the public relations acrobatics of large corporations. The word branding originates from the act of pressing a hot iron bearing a rancher's insignia into the living flank of a cow. Branding is synonymous with ownership. In an ecosystem of open innovation, where we share ideas and processes towards a better collective good, ideas of ownership and property must evolve. Rather than branding this movement as just another psycho-emotional product to be consumed (see other movements such as Adbusters or The Tea Party) let's hide out in the underground as long as we can. We can focus our efforts on making our best practices and radical processes well-documented and easy to understand. We can expand upon open legal frameworks such as Creative Commons to redefine our values of authorship and intellectual property. We can use the power of social networks and digital video to spread good ideas in formats accessible to our friends and colleagues. Forget making this movement a brand. Let's make it a meme.
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