A few years ago I started developing what I call the “open conceptual enterprise.” The idea is that we need to rethink our basic assumptions about business not just in the context of different kinds of businesses but in the context of all types of human enterprise. By “enterprise” I mean the general impulse to [...]
social entrepreneurship
[Last updated 2 Oct 09.] The “design thinking” theme from yesterday was accidental. I ended up finding and sharing a bunch of stuff that relates very closely so it’s a good opportunity to cover it a little. From Twitter: » Going from social media around the edges to designing ‘social business’ from the inside-out http://bit.ly/ZP2CM » [...]
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Fluid Factors of Success
by OpenConceptual on 07-06-2009
in commentary
If you haven’t read Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel yet, you should (full disclosure: I’ve read a lot about it but it’s on my to-read list as well). At the Change.org Social Entrepreneurship blog, Nathaniel Whittemore lays out the book’s basic premise… The essence of the argument is a total rejection of the notion [...]
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