NCE - NEW COLLABORATIVE ENTERPRISES
NEW COLLABORATIVE ENTERPRISES: LIFE AFTER CAPITALISM
Last week I outlined a scenario for a post-capitalist, post-consumer economy , and suggested that the engine for this economy would be New Collaborative Enterprises (NCEs), which writer-philosopher Daniel Quinn first envisaged and called New Tribal Ventures. The purpose of this post is to lay out a blueprint for creating such enterprises.
Are You Ready? First, a checklist of readiness. If you answer 'no' to most or all of these questions, you are probably ready to walk away from the consumer-capitalist economy and help establish a new economy that puts well-being ahead of wealth. Or perhaps you already have.
Does your standard of accomplishment and your measure of self-worth depend substantially on your material wealth and/or your level of income?
Do you (when you travel or go on vacation), and would you (when you retire), find it difficult to give up the personal physical possessions that root you in one place, in return for the freedom that comes from being comfortable anywhere?
Do you (or would you) get an important sense of security from having a large 'nest-egg' and knowing that you have enough assets to last a long time if your income suddenly stopped?
Does the idea of running your own business terrify you?
Are you genuinely happy doing what you do every day to make a living?
Last week I outlined a scenario for a post-capitalist, post-consumer economy , and suggested that the engine for this economy would be New Collaborative Enterprises (NCEs), which writer-philosopher Daniel Quinn first envisaged and called New Tribal Ventures. The purpose of this post is to lay out a blueprint for creating such enterprises.
Are You Ready? First, a checklist of readiness. If you answer 'no' to most or all of these questions, you are probably ready to walk away from the consumer-capitalist economy and help establish a new economy that puts well-being ahead of wealth. Or perhaps you already have.
Does your standard of accomplishment and your measure of self-worth depend substantially on your material wealth and/or your level of income?
Do you (when you travel or go on vacation), and would you (when you retire), find it difficult to give up the personal physical possessions that root you in one place, in return for the freedom that comes from being comfortable anywhere?
Do you (or would you) get an important sense of security from having a large 'nest-egg' and knowing that you have enough assets to last a long time if your income suddenly stopped?
Does the idea of running your own business terrify you?
Are you genuinely happy doing what you do every day to make a living?
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