Fast Company
Meritocracy doesn’t exist, and believing it does is bad for you
5 min · · Simply holding meritocracy as a value seems to promote discriminatory behavior. · Shared by 171, including Dominik Grolimund, Andrei Luca, Rand Fishkin, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, LARRY ELKAN, Steven Sinofsky, Ellen Shapiro, Florian Hanke 🍎, Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Chris {he, they} , ron boger, Charles Baldwin, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, tante, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Philanthropy News Digest, Liliane Ferrari ™, Alberto, luis antónio santos
The Guardian
Four-day week trial: study finds lower stress but no cut in output
4 min · · Study of trial at New Zealand firm finds staff were both happier and more productive · Shared by 131, including Isabel Steinhoff, Jacob Jarnvall, dunschtig, Vincenzo Tremonte, Nils Hitze, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Bryan Onel, Florian Hanke 🍎, Johannes Lenz, Esther Schindler, Vikram Dutt, Tom Connor, Antonio Vieira Santos
Aeon+Psyche
Workers of the world unite on distributed digital platforms
11+ min · · The distributed network has gobbled the hierarchical firm. Only by seizing the platform can workers avoid digital serfdom · Shared by 66, including Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, Ha Duong
Fast Company
The circular economy could create an enormous jobs boom
3 min · · Building a whole new economy will employ a lot of workers. · Shared by 63, including Niklaus Gerber, Gideonro, Thomas Power
a16z
Past, Present, Future: From Co-ops to Cryptonetworks
6 min · · Today, some of the most valuable corporations in the world today are “network operators”. Thanks to network effects, these platforms become more valuable to existing users as each new user joins. N… · Shared by 59, including Chris Burniske, Eberhard Frank, Glyn Britton, Mark Kaigwa, Li Jin
medium.com
Platform Cooperativism vs. the Sharing Economy — Medium
12+ min · · The backlash against unethical labor practices in the “collaborative sharing economy” has been overplayed. · Shared by 59, including Claudia Sommer, Andreas Von Gunten, Thomas Power, Gideonro, Stowe Boyd, von Moerenburgh, Chris Messina, Bertrand Maltaverne, Luca Hammer
Harvard Business Review
The State of Socially Responsible Investing
7 min · · New types of investments are tied to ESG goals. · Shared by 36, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Tillmann Lang, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
Insider Business
Las Vegas has a new $30 million vertical farm that produces over a million pounds of produce every year —…
3 min · · Oasis Biotech has invested nearly $30 million in the regional economy, created more than 100 jobs, and developed a sustainable model for local agriculture. · Shared by 29, including hiten.eth, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷
Fast Company
This co-op lets patients monetize their own health data
5 min · · A new, collectively owned platform called Savvy connects healthcare companies and practitioners with patients who can directly inform their work–and get compensated for doing so.
· Shared by 17
TNW
FairBnB is an ethical alternative to Airbnb, coming in 2019
6 min · · FairBnB aims to bring much needed fairness to the vacation rental markets, focusing on giving communities a voice and a stake in the process. · Shared by 16, including Jeremiah Owyang, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
VICE
A Community-Run ISP Is the Highest Rated Broadband Company in America
3 min · · A Consumer Reports survey of 176,000 Americans finds that small, locally owned ISPs are routinely ranked higher than big telecom companies. · Shared by 16, including Joe Filcik
The Nation
Worker Cooperatives Are More Productive Than Normal Companies
11+ min · · When maximizing profits isn’t the only goal, companies can actually work better. · Shared by 16, including Bill Johnston, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io
The Guardian
Power to the people: how Spanish cities took control of energy
4 min · · The ‘sunshine tax’ is dead, and Barcelona and Cádiz are mounting a renewables revival · Shared by 10, including Thomas Power
Fast Company
European cooperative Fairbnb wants to make the short-term rental market more just
3 min · · The new platform is raising funds to help create a community-oriented alternative to big home-sharing platforms. · Shared by 9