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The idea [[the project]] was to develop an application to help manage organisation in way which is independent of the top-down centralised approach. The project is too ambitious for any single team to accomplish, and really needs to be a "mash up" of many technologies. Over the years of refining our definition of what such an application would be like we learned some important points which allow us to quickly establish whether a particular technology is an appropriate addition to this mash-up.
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Our organisation ([[Platform]]) demonstrates its commitment by dedicating effort to [[evolution|evolving]] toward an ever-increasing fulfilment of the following organisational values (see also [[:Category:Values]] for a more detailed description of each):
  
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These criteria are based on the [[philosophy|philosophical principles]] that form the foundations of the project, and can be seen as a parallel concept to [[the path]] but applied to software instead of people. in other words, the criteria are designed to ensure growth and harmony opposing the natural entropic tendencies of the environment which would otherwise manifest as system degradation through the channelling of resource into goals other than the benefit of the organisation's members.
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== Core Values ==
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{{section zero|Openness}}
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{{section zero|Completeness}}
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{{section zero|All aspects changeable}}
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{{section zero|Think global, act local}}
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== Derived Values ==
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By faithfully [[alignment|aligning]] with the core values, these following important values are automatically aligned with.
  
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== Awareness ==
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=== Unification ===
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Whether in the areas of personal mastery or organisational development, striving for objectivity is vital in order to assess the true situation, which then gives rise to creative tension when contrasted with the vision of where one desires to be. Lack of objectivity causes confusion and deception and hinders development and growth, both on a personal and an organisational level. The incorporation of feedback and truth tests are useful for increasing objectivity, for instance individuals may claim to value a number of things but when we see how time or money are spent, this tends to reveal more of an objective picture of what is valued. For an organisation, a transparent mechanism for incorporating feedback from all stakeholders will increase objectivity, as well as the ability for all stakeholders to verify the degree of adherence of the organisation to stated core values.
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{{section zero|Unification}}
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Many of the obstacles that are overcome in the process of aligning operations more and more closely with the core values turn out to be problems of a fragmentary or centralisation nature such as compartmentalisation, silo or rush-hour effects. Solutions to problems of this general nature are always in the form of a unification such as cooperation across diverse departments or working from home or changing from client-server to [[p2p|peer-to-peer]] systems.
  
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In the context of an holistic system, the axiom of awareness refers to the ''description'' of the system through which all members gain understanding of it. So the axiom of awareness in terms of systems can act as a compass needle pointing toward ever increasing accessibility, diversity and openness to the description and ever increasing accuracy and objectivity to the information it provides.
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=== Self containment ===
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{{section zero|Self containment}}
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A commitment to ensuring that everything we've developed is in an reusable packaged form such that others can develop, deploy and educate with the system independently.
  
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This axiom gives rise to a fundamental common "project" that all members use and contribute to which we call the [[Geoscope]] after [[w:Buckminster Fuller|Buckminster Fuller]]s idea of a common publicly accessible view of the world and its state. In the modern world of information, this Geoscope would be a [[Web3|semantic ontology]], which is essentially network of concepts described using a universal ontology language. The transformation of the web into [[web3]] which is currently occurring global phenomena provides the perfect environment in which to collaborate at a global scale on a high level working description of our resources and systems.
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=== Freedom and Privacy ===
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We believe use of technology should progressively empower and free people and ensure privacy. In practice this means having full knowledge and control over who accesses personal data and the routine application of strong encryption to ensure privacy. Freedom means being able to choose what the technology looks like and how you use it without having to compromise on functionality or connectivity.
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*[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition] ''- This page clearly defines what freedom means in the context of software''
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*[http://www.eff.org/issues/privacy Privacy] ''- portal by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on privacy for more information''
  
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Another interesting point is that from this holistic perspective, this awareness is of ''itself'' because it's the outer-most context (i.e. from the global context, global and local are one and the same). This gives rise to the recursive nature of the system and how the same system can be seen at work over all scales of operation, macrocosm and microcosm. From this perspective it really is a process of the planet becoming Self-aware, but in a very organised and intentional way.
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=== Independence (Bottom-up, Peer to peer) ===
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All platforms are able to operate independently of their connectivity with other platforms, but when that connectivity is available it's fully utilised. Independence also implies the principle that every platform should have the ability to fully replicate other platforms. The package comes with all the documentation and tools to create bootable USB sticks or CD's for other people to create their own platforms with.<ref>The source code of all the software used by the system is also included, and also the technology-independent specifications of all aspects of the organisational system so that other platforms can be set up using different content management systems, operating systems or hardware architectures.</ref>
  
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== Think Global, Act Local ==
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In an effort to prevent centralisation and monopolisation, we ensure that the latest state of our technology is available in easy-to-use form without restrictions to anyone, and that it can be used to connect directly and privately with any other person or group using the technology, to facilitate communication, trade and governance.
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Although the slogan think global, act local (TGAL) has been around for some time, we believe it has more meaning than initially meets the eye and has a number of systems implications when applied as a core value for an organisation. We have also not seen an organisation that truly understands and applies this value. It implies the ability for all participants in a system to assess the situation of the whole in terms of an objective accounting system, so that it can immediately be obvious when parts are trying to take energy from the whole, or when they are trying to change the whole in their favour. This addresses issues such as corporations internalising profits while externalising costs, as well as the tendency for powerful corporations or conglomerates to bend the law in their favour. It also allows parts, from individuals to large organisations, to assess how they can fulfil their potential in a way that increases harmony, thereby being enabled to strike that elusive balance between individual fulfilment and service to society. In terms of governance, parts are only able to change themselves (act local) but they can see the whole (think global).
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*[[W:Peer-to-peer_(meme)|Peer-to-peer]] ''- peer-to-peer article on Wikipedia''
  
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== All Aspects Changeable ==
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=== Organisation and Accountability ===
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There is an ancient saying that goes: "The only constant is change", it follows for us that all aspects, whether we are talking about personality or an organisation, need to be changeable. The value of all aspects changeable (AAC) is also vital to the proper implementation of objectivity and TGAL, since in order to incorporate feedback and respond to change we require the will and ability to change any aspect of self. While on the personal level this implies the ability to discuss (or reflect on) any aspect of self and change thoughts, words or actions in order to increase harmony and well-being, for organisations this implies, first of all transparency, so that the true structure and action of the organisation can assessed. Further, there need to be mechanisms which allow any stakeholder to easily suggest or make changes, to further compliance with the other core values.
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We submit that the widespread adoption of decentralised forms of organisation can help empowered citizens work together to solve problems and take responsibility for those aspects of civic life that are currently regarded as poorly administrated or managed. Technology should support the collaborative and democratic management of matters both trivial and profound. Policy decisions should be traceable to a point of origin and people in positions of responsibility should be directly accountable to all affected stakeholders. We believe that it should be easy to elect leaders, caretakers or curators through a democratic process for different aspects of any organisation, be it a task, project or department. That way leaders can take charge of promoting projects and take ownership and provide accountability by reporting back, and answering to, the stakeholders of such projects. At the same time, incompetent leadership should be easy to remedy by stakeholders promoting someone more able to the position through democratic processes. We believe organisational software should support such processes, essential as they are for the effective functioning of bottom-up systems.
  
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== Self containment ==
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[[Self containment]] means editable from within, and developed from within with no downtime
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== Collaborative & Decentralised ==
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*[[Charter]]
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Unified space that all can collaborate on in real time. Decentralised doesn't just refer to its physical robustness, but also means that the system must be part of the global [[web3]] movement rather than being a separate solution being developed by a small group. I.e. it's about steering existing bottom-up projects which already exhibit mass community-based momentum into a unified direction.
 
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 14 July 2011

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Our organisation (Platform) demonstrates its commitment by dedicating effort to evolving toward an ever-increasing fulfilment of the following organisational values (see also Category:Values for a more detailed description of each):

Core Values

Openness: Openness is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it) All cells in an organism share knowledge to expand awareness of the environment, and collaborate on and govern together accurate, complete and accessible information. Accessibility means web 3.0; using open standards to make more shareable the system (concepts, methods, tools and resources etc). [more]
Completeness: Completeness is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it) Part of the Platform specification is to strive towards a more and more complete and clear description of themselves so that all their aspects are changeable through self governance and to make themselves more easy to split and deploy. [more]
All aspects changeable: All aspects changeable is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it) This is a core concept of the project, it is made possible by Self containment. It means that there is absolutely no part of the software which is not changeable from within its own interface environment. This also refers to the naming problem where no name or logo is fixed. [more]
Think global, act local: Think global, act local is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it) The term was coined by David Brower, founder of Friends of the Earth, as their slogan when it was founded in 1969. In OrganicDesign, it is a core concept that all platforms are in alignment with which refers to the ability for it to be able to assess the efficiency of processes from a holistic viewpoint. In this way a general tendency can be created toward sustainability and toward the well-being of all. [more]

Derived Values

By faithfully aligning with the core values, these following important values are automatically aligned with.

Unification

Unification:
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Unification is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it). It is the foundation direction of all Platforms (trust groups that operate according to a system that is aligned with the OrganicDesign charter). It is the fundamental "default project" that essentially sums up the process of alignment itself, and could be thought of as "alignment with alignment".

[more]

Many of the obstacles that are overcome in the process of aligning operations more and more closely with the core values turn out to be problems of a fragmentary or centralisation nature such as compartmentalisation, silo or rush-hour effects. Solutions to problems of this general nature are always in the form of a unification such as cooperation across diverse departments or working from home or changing from client-server to peer-to-peer systems.

Self containment

Self containment: Self-containment is one of the values of OrganicDesign (the Platform specification includes a process of alignment with it). It allows Platforms to produce seeds for easy deployment or to split into two or more separate Platforms. Self-containment means that every part of the system is clearly specified and can change through self governance allowing all aspects to be changeable. [more]

A commitment to ensuring that everything we've developed is in an reusable packaged form such that others can develop, deploy and educate with the system independently.

Freedom and Privacy

We believe use of technology should progressively empower and free people and ensure privacy. In practice this means having full knowledge and control over who accesses personal data and the routine application of strong encryption to ensure privacy. Freedom means being able to choose what the technology looks like and how you use it without having to compromise on functionality or connectivity.

  • Free Software Definition - This page clearly defines what freedom means in the context of software
  • Privacy - portal by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on privacy for more information

Independence (Bottom-up, Peer to peer)

All platforms are able to operate independently of their connectivity with other platforms, but when that connectivity is available it's fully utilised. Independence also implies the principle that every platform should have the ability to fully replicate other platforms. The package comes with all the documentation and tools to create bootable USB sticks or CD's for other people to create their own platforms with.[1]

In an effort to prevent centralisation and monopolisation, we ensure that the latest state of our technology is available in easy-to-use form without restrictions to anyone, and that it can be used to connect directly and privately with any other person or group using the technology, to facilitate communication, trade and governance.

Organisation and Accountability

We submit that the widespread adoption of decentralised forms of organisation can help empowered citizens work together to solve problems and take responsibility for those aspects of civic life that are currently regarded as poorly administrated or managed. Technology should support the collaborative and democratic management of matters both trivial and profound. Policy decisions should be traceable to a point of origin and people in positions of responsibility should be directly accountable to all affected stakeholders. We believe that it should be easy to elect leaders, caretakers or curators through a democratic process for different aspects of any organisation, be it a task, project or department. That way leaders can take charge of promoting projects and take ownership and provide accountability by reporting back, and answering to, the stakeholders of such projects. At the same time, incompetent leadership should be easy to remedy by stakeholders promoting someone more able to the position through democratic processes. We believe organisational software should support such processes, essential as they are for the effective functioning of bottom-up systems.

See also

  • ↑ The source code of all the software used by the system is also included, and also the technology-independent specifications of all aspects of the organisational system so that other platforms can be set up using different content management systems, operating systems or hardware architectures.
    • Retrieved from "https://organicdesign.nz/wiki/index.php?title=Values&oldid=103157"