Co-Creation Systems

Co-Creation - the act of creating something together to produce a mutually valued outcome.
Emergence - higher-order complexity arising out of a multiplicity of simple interactions.
Mutual Aid/Mutalism/Mutual Stakeholding - participation that mutually benefits everyone included.
Collective Impact - a group of diverse organizations working together under a shared vision vs in isolation.
Self Organization - process of achieving a goal by identifying the most efficient path for doing so.

Inclusive Stakeholding - investment that includes all stakeholders.
Catalytic Collaboration - framework for catalytic organizations facilitating emergence.
Open Participatory Organization - framework for facilitating emergence in an organization.
Agile Organization - entity quick to respond to changes in the marketplace or environment \\
Learning Organization - entity that facilitates member learning and continuously transforms itself
Open Innovation - framework that integrates external innovation
Democratic Management - managers reach decisions with employee input but make final decision
Stage Five Tribal Leadership - 2% of workplace tribes, "life is great" history-making project executed
Self-Organizing Collective Intelligence (SOCI) - Resourcing a mutualistic community to solve complex problems

Design Thinking - user-driven product/service design
Crowdsourcing - the act of outsourcing a task to a crowd
Indie Philanthropy - decentralized, daring funding alternatives to mainstream philanthropy
Crowdfunding - the act of outsourcing funding to a crowd
Group Flow - when a group of individuals are in flow simultaneously
Open Source - co-created software that is freely available
Sensemaking - framework for mass understanding of the unknown
Sharing Economy - goods/services are temporarily accessed, not owned

Participatory Budgeting - government program that allows citizens to prioritize budget spending
Prefigurative Politics - the political strategies that model a future society on a micro level
Cooperatives - one person, one vote; an entity created, owned and run jointly by its members

Catalytic Development - revitalizing distressed neighborhoods
Crowdsourced Placemaking - co-creation of revitalized neighborhoods/places
Fractional Ownership/Tokenization - enabling people to own shares in buildings
Communitas - when group flow moves into place-based co-creation
Community Capital - democratization of capital for small business and citizen investors
New Urbanism - movement for walkable communities design standards
Smart Growth - movement for walkable community policy
Creative Placemaking - movement for community involvement in placemaking
Innovation Districts - identifying cities’ Silicon Valley districts
Smart Cities - tech-enabled cities utilizing advanced sensemaking
Tactical Urbanism - short-term interventions that inform long-term change
Coliving - shared amenities in multi-family buildings
Cohousing - co-ownership in an intentional community/building
Co-op - co-ownership in a building or business

Shared Prosperity - work to increase the incomes and welfare of the less well-off
Equitable Development - place-based policies and programs to meet the needs of underserved communities

Commongrounds- 500+ member-owned real estate cooperative in Traverse City, MI as a community hub
Be The Change Cooperative - A cooperative supporting the development of place-based cooperatives in neighborhoods

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