Living System Design

Prosocial: Using Evolutionary Science to Build Productive, Equitable and Collaborative Groups

Jeff Parrett — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:25 +0000

A groundbreaking, comprehensive program for designing effective and socially equitable groups of all sizes—from businesses and social justice groups to global organizations.

Making Mondragon

Jeff Parrett — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Since its founding in 1956 in Spain's Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to education.

Democracy at Work

Jeff Parrett — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:02 +0000

What if we took our democratic decision making process and brought it into the workplace?

Contributionism

Jeff Parrett — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:20 +0000

If not Capitalism then what?

How would an economic system rooted in human contribution operate?

What if it places equal value on individual, shared and creative needs?

Living System Design

Jeff Parrett — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:47 +0000

What if we built our social, political and economic systems the way nature builds eco-systems?

Nature builds stable, adaptable and thriving eco-systems, human activity screw them up.

What would the human eco-system look like if we adopted the values and principles used by nature?

Cycle of Regeneration

Jeff Parrett — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:30 +0000

Nature operates in cycles...we see this as the progression of the seasons. These cycles are sustainable because they are regenerative, meaning there is a natural transition from one to the next, eventually returning to the start. When we deconstruct nature it is a web of these interconnected cycles. Let's explore what being regenerative really means...

The Real Meta Crisis

Jeff Parrett — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:07 +0000

The meta crisis is often equated to things like the tragedy of the commons, perverse incentives or the race to the bottom. I propose it is something more fundamental...

New Money For a New World

Jeff Parrett — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:34 +0000

We can end the threats to our environment and aid dramatically in its restoration. We can help provide meaningful work for all, with opportunities that enhance and replenish the world about us. We can effectively address fundamental urban and rural concerns and the many diverse and often-divergent needs of developing and developed nations alike. We can create a better world where life and all living systems flourish. This is not an idealistic dream, but is rather a pragmatic attainment, achievable within our very own lifetimes.

Living Deeply

Jeff Parrett — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:24 +0000

Living Deeply transcends any one approach by focusing on common elements of transformation across a variety of traditions, while affirming and supporting the diversity of approaches across religious, spiritual, scientific, academic, and cultural backgrounds. Each chapter in the audiobook ends with Experiences of Transformation, exercises drawn from wisdom traditions or scientific investigations meant to enhance your direct experience of the material.

Sacred Economics

Jeff Parrett — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:04 +0000

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroyed community; and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme - but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.