Description

Lee Pera, a geographer and public policy expert, shares her journey into the world of tiny homes and how it led her to explore game-based approaches for organizing large-scale collaborations. She discusses the process of designing a game that integrates real-world data and physical land, and how it can be used to build better communities. Lee also emphasizes the importance of incorporating the knowledge and wisdom of elders into the game and the potential of augmented reality and virtual reality in enhancing the gaming experience. She highlights the benefits of gamified structures in organizing teams and managing work, and the potential for DAOs to create more flexible and inclusive work structures. The conversation explores the potential of DAOs and Web3 technology in the context of community land projects. The speakers discuss their experience with DAOs and the challenges they faced in implementing them. They also highlight the benefits of fractionalized ownership and the potential for micro-payments in supporting community projects. The conversation touches on the choice between nonprofit and for-profit structures and the need for more innovative models of land stewardship. The speakers also discuss the complexities of private property and the potential for shared ownership models. Lastly, they explore the challenges and opportunities of partnering with government in ecosystem transformation efforts.

This conversation was an installment of Quorum1’s Future of Work Series: Exploring the future of business, employment, emerging tech, org design, capitalism, and participatory governance structures.

More about Lee:

Lee Pera: http://www.leepera.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leepera/

Building Beyond: http://www.buildingbeyond.io/

Tiny Homes and Community: https://linktr.ee/leepera

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Chapters:

00:00 Exploring the Intersection of Tiny Homes and Game-Based Collaboration

04:35 Gamified Land Stewardship: Integrating Elders' Wisdom and Digital Tools

08:55 Democratization of Technology and Team Collaboration

22:40 Navigating Web3 and DAOs for Community Projects

27:07 Challenges and Insights from the Get Coin Grant Process

29:59 Choosing Between Nonprofit and For-Profit Structures

32:45 Complexities of Land Use and Property Rights

39:27 Collaborating with Government Organizations

41:39 Technology's Role in Ecosystem Transformation

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Takeaways

• Tiny homes can provide an alternative to traditional homeownership and challenge the concept of home and land as commodities.
• Game-based approaches can be used to engage youth and other individuals in real-world challenges and encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Incorporating the knowledge and wisdom of elders into games can help preserve ancestral practices and create a more hopeful future.
• Augmented reality and virtual reality can enhance the gaming experience and bring the virtual and physical worlds closer together.
• Gamified structures can provide a more flexible and inclusive way of organizing teams and managing work.
• DAOs have the potential to create decentralized and fluid work structures that allow for diverse participation and fractional ownership. DAOs offer the potential for flexible collaboration and fractionalized ownership in community projects.
• Micro-payments and fractionalized ownership can be powerful tools for supporting community land projects.
• The choice between nonprofit and for-profit structures depends on the specific goals and funding opportunities of the project.
• Shared ownership models and lessons from indigenous communities can inform new approaches to land stewardship.
• Partnering with government in ecosystem transformation efforts requires starting small, navigating procurement processes, and creating usable data.