The sharing economy and the open organization: The sharing economy and the open organization Ron McFarland Wed, 04/19/2023 – 03:00 The sharing economy is a new industry built around sharing resources instead of buying things new from a factory. If an asset is not being used to capacity by the owner, there may be others …
Measles: why the World Health Organization has declared it an ‘imminent global threat’: One consequence of the pandemic was reduced access to routine healthcare and lower uptake of immunisations. As a result, in November 2022, the World Health Organization declared measles to be an “imminent threat in every region of the world”. They described how …
How innovative Open Organization charts work in practice: How innovative Open Organization charts work in practice Ron McFarland Tue, 10/25/2022 – 03:00 In the first part of this series, I illustrated what an Open Organization chart looks like based on the book Team of Teams, by Stanley McChrystal. In this second and final part, I …
Exploring innovative Open Organization charts: Exploring innovative Open Organization charts Ron McFarland Tue, 10/18/2022 – 03:00 The ability to react quickly and adapt to changing situations is critical in today’s business and work environment. In the past, offering efficient, standardized systems was the way to reduce costs and provide more to the public. In today’s …
Applying open organization principles to save factory energy: Applying open organization principles to save factory energy Ron McFarland Tue, 09/06/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like The problem with energy costs is that most people don’t think about them. They just look at their overall bill without considering how …
Saving home energy using open organization principles: Saving home energy using open organization principles Ron McFarland Mon, 09/05/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like There are (at least) two ways to look at the move to more green power generation: the supply side and the demand side. The supply …
Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency. The committee of independent advisers who met on Thursday July 21 2022, were split on their decision on whether to call the growing monkeypox outbreak …
Applying smart thinking to open organization principles: Applying smart thinking to open organization principles Ron McFarland Thu, 06/23/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this Habits have an unfair reputation of being bad things that need to be stopped. But consider this: Automation and habits have many things in common. First, they’re …
Using habits to practice open organization principles: Using habits to practice open organization principles Ron McFarland Thu, 06/16/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this Habits are a long-term interest of mine. Several years ago, I gave a presentation on habits, both good and bad, and how to expand on good habits …
How collaborative commons and open organization principles align: How collaborative commons and open organization principles align Ron McFarland Thu, 05/12/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this I have read Jeremy Rifkin’s book The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism, which has …
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