Platform Cooperativism Japan (PCJ): The Future is Now
See also the embedded clip. As we concluded … Let’s cooperate! 🙂
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Implementing the Co-operative Digital Economy
When presenting Platform Cooperativism as a fairer user-/worker-owned model of running online platforms, I often hear answers like “that’s a great idea, but it’s too difficult to realize.” However, technology to implement the co-operative digital economy is emerging. Solutions become available to sustainably crowd-source, share value, and govern democratically. Hexalina.io is one such example. (from hexalina.io website) It is now generally admitted that income inequality is one of the biggest … Continue reading
Artooba: We’re building a co-operative platform to help artists showcase and sell their art in public places (Connect!)
We are coloring the world. Be part of the community already now and connect with us: https://www.facebook.com/artoobacommunity We are also looking for partners and further team members. Contact us for any inquiries. Videos:
(Platform) Worker Co-ops as a Solution for Business Ownership Successions. The Context in Japan.
Introduction The percentage of employees employed by small and medium enterprises (SME’s) decreased from 80% to 70% in the last 20 years. Issues regarding the ownership succession of businesses are essential in the light of an aging society and the need for sustainable socio-economic development. The SME Cooperative Act of 1949 is for small and medium enterprises that lack financial resources in the conduct of joint businesses based on a … Continue reading
Toot, no tweet anymore! Mastodon: The co-operatively run Twitter alternative
Social networking, back in your hands The world’s largest free, open-source, decentralized microblogging network How awesome is that! For more information, check: https://joinmastodon.org/ Find your perfect community Mastodon isn’t one place and one set of rules: it’s thousands of unique, interconnected communities to choose from, filled with different people, interests, languages, and needs. Don’t like the rules? You’re free to join any community you like, or better yet: you can host your own, on … Continue reading
Satodigi(tal): The Vision of Co-operative Platform-Enabled Sustainable (Digital) Production Landscape Management
Draft formulation of a Japan-specific vision from a Platform Cooperativism Japan (PCJ) perspective.
Platform Cooperativism: Democratically Run Digital Organizations
The People’s Disruption: Platform Co-ops for Global Challenges (November 10-11, 2017 / The New School, New York City)
The People’s Disruption: Platform Co-ops for Global Challenges November 10-11, 2017 / The New School, New York City The first platform cooperativism event in 2015 popularized the #platformcoop concept, and the conference a year later brought together co-op and union leaders to push the model forward. This third event will zero in on ways that platform cooperatives can help to address some of the future’s most urgent challenges. … Continue reading
Platform Cooperativism: Securing People’s Stakes and Shares in the Rapidly Evolving (Digital) Economy
It’s possible now to support the Platform Cooperativism movement to help secure peoples stake and share in online platforms and the digital economy. Be it as an educator, as an IT expert, Executive MBA, or from a psychological point of view; I’m always arriving at the same conclusion. It is now the time we have to push further the awareness and application of feasible alternative cooperative economic models, in contrast, to … Continue reading
