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MicrosolidarityThe 'notacoliving' experiment follow-up call w Kathrin David & Jocelyn AmesIn this interview Jocelyn is interviewing Kathrin for the 'after' shot of her one-month "notacoliving" community experience in Andalusia, Spain!Join them as they review the project's outcomes, and unpack some key learnings and growth experiences in Kathrin's hosting journey, and how the project unfolded!Some key themes they touch on are...Community Design & Structure - which frameworks and structures supported their community living? (with a specific look at the Community Mastery Board)Intention - how to hold a clear purpose while inviting co-creationLeadership & ResponsibilityIndividual vs. Collective NeedsFind out more here:Notacoliving website: https://giveandgrow.world/notacolivingFind us...Kathrin...2025-04-071h 00

MicrosolidarityBoundaried Leadership (aka the fuck ‘em mindset) / Lauren Uba & Richard D. Bartletthttp://laurenuba.comhttp://eltilo.casa 2025-03-2655 min

MicrosolidarityYincubator 2025: Lessons Learned w/ Jocelyn & RichLinks:Yincubator invitation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVPZkENztKkutsOK_dZoUtoONNfSj7V_BJ9JaoP7kao/editYincubator Model: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mwiQZrwOAbyBeFTt6gvm7U7nYrBTxMRDJSHGW12D9Z0/editRich's blog on increasing hosting capacity: https://richdecibels.substack.com/p/use-this-map-to-self-evaluate-your 2025-03-201h 13

Eudaimoniaq Podcast#5 - Richard Bartlett: decentralization, collective intelligence and microsolidarityWe dived deep into how the differences of hierarchy and decentralization can make everyone heard, microsolidarity replacing the traditional institutions, the potential of online communities and much more!Follow me on TwitterFollow Rich on Twitter Support me Get full access to From the Lotus World at www.fromthelotus.world/subscribe 2025-03-1939 min

MicrosolidarityCasa Tilo: new community hub in Barcelona | Richard D. Bartlett & Maebyhttp://eltilo.casa 2025-03-181h 30

MicrosolidarityThe Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord [Network Call]In this month's Network Call, Lotti Neubert and Jocelyn Ames hosted an exploration of the Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord - a relational tool for deepening connections. Let's say it's a helpful conversation starter to get you talking about what you really want, expect and desire to experience with someone.Listen in as we talk about clarifying and navigating conflicts of interest, and our experiences of bringing structured approaches into relationship-building.Could this be a relationship mapping tool that supports your important relationships? How would you use it?Relationship Anarchy Smorgasbord: https...2025-03-1656 min

MicrosolidarityBelonging and Chaos - Reflections on Borderland 2024 with Rich and Synes🔗 The Membership Lottery for Borderland 2025 is open until February 25! More information here: https://talk.theborderland.se/main/In this episode, we discuss our experiences at Borderland 2024, exploring how Microsolidarity—the art of building trust in small groups—might transform large, self-organizing festivals.We reflect on the challenges of navigating such a sprawling, decentralized event: the disorientation that comes from not having a clear "home base" for a week, the struggle of balancing personal agency with surrender, and the surprising cultural tensions that arise when diverse preferences meet dominant aesthetics.2025-02-221h 20

MicrosolidarityExperiments in Co-Living (Part 3) with Abi & JocelynAbi and Jocelyn are back for Part 3 of their discussions about co-living! In this episode they discuss the importance of conflict resolution, communication, and emotional support in co-living situations to build emotional resilience, trust and a sense of belonging at home. They also explored strategies for expressing needs within a group, the value of retrospectives and group activities, and ended our chat by sharing out vision of promoting conflict resolution skills to enhance group dynamics.2025-01-2954 min

MicrosolidarityLessons Learned from BridgeSpace PDX w/ Ioan, Josh & RichYou can find the original conversation with Ioan & Josh here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/Microsolidarity/episodes/BridgeSpace-Commons-PDX--Microsolidarity-e1t5o7t Bridgespace website: https://www.bridgespacepdx.com/2025-01-241h 19

MicrosolidarityThe notacoliving experiment - a 1 month community the making, w/ Kathrin David & Jocelyn AmesKathrin and Jocelyn had a very mutually supportive conversation talking about the 1-month community experiment she's about to launch in southern Spain. Jocelyn was eager to chat with her as it sounded somewhat similar to what she's doing in the Yincubator (and is just 2hrs down the road!). It was clearly helpful and inspiring to hear about each other's approach, concepts and intentions. Notacoliving website: https://giveandgrow.world/notacoliving Find us... Kathrin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrin-david-934a8a182/ https://www.instagram.com/kathrin__david/ Jocelyn: https://x.com/ames_for...2025-01-2246 min

MicrosolidarityThe Yincubator - 2 month coliving experiment w/ Jocelyn Ames & Richard D. BartlettJoin us on twitter: https://x.com/ames_for_joy https://x.com/richdecibels 2025-01-0348 min

MicrosolidarityExperiments in Co-Living (Part 2) with Abi & JocelynJocelyn and Abi are back again for more reflections on their experiences with co-living! In this episode the focus is on clarifying the purpose of your co-living group, and how to go about finding or building a group that is in alignment with that vision. They give some great examples of different co-living experiments they've visited and been part of, and end with a reflection on what happens when expectations are not met, or clash with each other. Tune in for Part 3 which will be all about navigating conflict and how to 'end well' when someone wants to leave...2024-12-2140 min

MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity in the University | Jelger Kroese & Richard D. Bartlett 2024-11-2948 min

MicrosolidarityHow is Making Music like Building Community? | Ondrej Krizan & Richard D. Bartlett 2024-11-281h 11

MicrosolidarityExperiments in Co-Living with Abi & Jocelyn (part 1)Listen in as Abi van Ly and Jocelyn Ames share their experiences with co-living.In this episode they talk about the value of daily, readily available companionship and emotional support, the use of community boards for task management and decision-making, the importance of shared rituals and finding a balance of flexibility and structure to suit the evolving and diverse needs of the co-living group.2024-11-121h 07

MicrosolidarityAI Safety + Philanthropy: Introducing Hermes’ Loom | Julian Nalenz & Richard D. BartlettHermes’ Loom: https://hermesloom.org/2024-10-231h 25

MicrosolidarityHelping a Group to See the Conflicts Under the Surface -- Alex Popiak & Rich Bartlett 2024-10-1657 min

MicrosolidarityThoughts from the Philosophy Department - Richard D. Bartlett & Julian Nalenz 2024-10-051h 10

MicrosolidarityFrom Tension to Invitation: Lessons from the 2024 EU Microsolidarity Summer CampThe October 2024 Microsolidarity network call was all about unpacking the September Summer Camp experience. Participants shared stories of turning awkward moments into opportunities for connection, discussed the concept of "slack capacity," and explored how to handle unexpected challenges with a positive attitude. The group dug into the nitty-gritty of creating spaces where people naturally connect and how campers navigated conflicts constructively.2024-10-041h 27

Microsolidarity2024 Microsolidarity EU Summer Camp - Retro with ParticipantsOne month on from the Microsolidarity EU Summer Camp, two of the hosts Jesse Evers and Sarah Pelham facilitate a discussion to consider, how were we together? And what are take-aways and considerations for the design processes and hosting of future gatherings? The recording starts as we are discussing - which structures and practices enabled or inhibited our collective ways of being, and how? If you want to hear more about how the camp was set up and structured, have a listen to '2024 Microsolidarity EU Summer Camp...2024-10-0447 min

MicrosolidaritySummer Camp's Blind Chef - an interview with PietroIn this episode, Sara Bajor interviews Summer Camp chef and participant Pietro, about his decision to go blindfolded during his dinner shift. Behind this outwardly-seeming bizarre decision is a story of personal development, exercising one's agency, and using the magic of transforming needs into invitations. 2024-09-2533 min

Microsolidarity2024 Microsolidarity EU Summer Camp - Hosting Crew DebriefIn this conversation the hosting crew of the 2024 Microsolidarity EU Summer Camp share their insights from the camp which concluded 2 weeks ago. Join the next network call to hear more from participants and hosts alike! You can join here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/participate/events#online-monthly-network-meeting 2024-09-171h 07

MicrosolidarityCascade Camp Debrief with Steven & Shane from TPOT PNWhttps://www.pnwtpot.com https://x.com/_StevenFan https://x.com/Sassafrassalass https://x.com/richdecibels 2024-09-141h 39

MicrosolidarityHousing Coop Crewing, Lapland winter retreat, and more!Tune in to this month's Network Call in which Uta gets some supportive reflections around introducing crewing to her Housing Coop project, Didzis gets a surprising helping hand for planning a Microsolidarity winter retreat in Lapland, and the group reflects on experiences of being invited into new connections by people we trust. Express your interest in the next Vibes and/or Crewing Practice Program here: https://tinyurl.com/mr3utmk3 2024-09-051h 20

MicrosolidarityUSA Summer Camp & Borderland Festival Camp reflectionsI'm extremely hyped by the curiosity, sincerity and collective growth building within this Network right now. In this month's Network Call we had a stimulating and enriching time reflecting on the latest USA Summer Camp at Elkenmist, and the Borderland festival "Microsolidarity-ish" camp experience in Sweden. What did we learn? How have those experiences helped us to grow? Looking forward to seeing you all again for the next call on 5th September (after the EU Summer Camp!) Sign up for the Microsolidarity newsletter here: https://microsolidarity.substack.com/ Get your ticket to the EU Summer Camp here (before 15th...2024-08-011h 05

MicrosolidarityUSA Summer Camp debrief with Sara BajorThe 2024 USA Summer Camp at Elkenmist just came to a close, and here we have host Sara Bajor giving us a brief low-down of how it was such a success!2024-08-0114 min

The Time Is NowJesse Hinterlander: From rugged motorcycle traveller to building a house with his own hands.Hello friends,please enjoy this podcast episode with Jesse Crossen.Jesse is a philosopher and my friend. We first met at Medley in Berlin, and then through our mutual friend Maeby, and then at Jesscamp. Then we went to Microsolidarity Summercamp right after, performed a magic ritual together that cured my fear of my face (that I had been hiding behind a beard for 10 years) and that cured his fear of his hands (trying to help and instead doing damage). After the summer camps, we lived together, cooked together for the homies and spun a...2024-07-241h 35

MicrosolidarityTPOT State Of The Network, June 2024Talking with 4 organisers to hear what they think about the current state of the TPOT network / scene / community / twitter social graph.2024-06-281h 25

MicrosolidarityLessons from 3 Years Running A Local Community Space - Jesse Evers & Richard D. BartlettJesse Evers is the founder of Highside, a workshop / events venue / community space in New York. He sat down with Richard D. Bartlett to discuss what he’s learned from 3 years running the space. Chat with Jesse on Twitter: https://x.com/_jlevers Info about Microsolidarity summer camps: http://microsolidarity.cc 2024-06-261h 11

MicrosolidarityRelational ReciprocityTune in here with the latest Microsolidarity Network Call hosted by Sara Bajor (from Elkenmist community) on the theme of Relational Reciprocity. What opportunities exist for improving reciprocity in the relationships we are currently tending to? If you're interested in joining her, Ioan and others at Elkenmist for the US Summer Camp this year, find all the info here. And/or if you're in Europe at the end of August, join the EU Summer Camp in Austria! 2024-06-1842 min

MicrosolidarityMeditation and then what? Talking to Caleb of Community Village about community buildingCaleb Tenenbaum is a co-founder with Nina Raddy of Community Village , a peer-led, co-created meditation community. Julia Karmo talked to Caleb about ways they have been building out Community Village for the past two years, about Microsolidarity practices that Caleb is using and what effect they are having on the community. Watch to get a sense for Micrsolidarity applied in the wild, follow the steps of building up a community meditators and connect with Caleb and Nina. (https://community-village.org/)2024-05-241h 13

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MicrosolidarityFinancing a Community House - Richard D. Bartlett w/ Gillian MorrisGillian shares her experience financing a community house in Puerto Rico, helping Rich think about his next steps in setting up a house in Spain. Gillian writes at SuperNuclear: https://supernuclear.substack.com/ See Rich’s blog about his “3-month coliving experiment” here: https://richdecibels.substack.com/p/what-we-learned-from-a-3-month-co 2024-04-2952 min

MicrosolidarityCrewing: Intentionality & (Self-)AwarenessWe had a really insightful, practical and reflective conversation about Crewing in this month's Network Call. The theme - Crewing - was inspired by the recent Intermediate Practice Program which focused mainly around crewing and facilitation. Tune in to hear participants Sarah and Jackson share some of their takeaways and insights from the program, and the rich conversation that followed! For more info on the next practice programs, click here.2024-04-041h 09

MicrosolidarityOrganizing Limicon 2024Debrief with the Organizing team of Limicon 2024 2024-02-271h 22

MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity Network Retreat 2024 Debrief Jocelyn, Sara, Gui, Jonas and Rich debrief the Winter Retreat 2024. Check out Substack to receive more updates and a summary of the outcomes of the retreat: https://microsolidarity.substack.com/ Learn more about the intermediate practice program here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/practice-programs/intermediate-program video version: https://youtu.be/48pbES-eqvw 2024-02-131h 30

MicrosolidarityDreaming into the future of the NetworkIn yesterday's Network Call Gui and Jonas hosted an inquiry into what we're individually and collectively visioning for the Microsolidarity Network, and how it can support us in the year ahead. See the prompts written below, and feel free to share any of your own responses! We'll be taking them into consideration within any ideation and planning sessions during the upcoming winter Network Retreat in Spain next week. - What challenges and uncertainties are you expecting in the year ahead, for yourself, your community and our network? - What...2024-02-021h 16

MicrosolidarityRoles, Responsibility & Risk in Collective EndeavoursFor this month's Microsolidarity Network Call, Gui Trevisan led us through a connecting authentic relating game, surfacing topics that are present for each of us in our lives at the moment. Listen in to the conversation that followed as we reflected on what had come up in our smaller group conversations.2023-12-0944 min

Elevating ConsciousnessRichard D. Bartlett - Building BelongingRichard Bartlett is a community organizer, entrepreneur & coach who helps people grow high-trust communities & decentralized organizations. Back in 2011, he was a part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, a pivotal moment that set him on the path to becoming a key player in Enspiral - an organization that shares money, power & information to help its members do meaningful work. He went on to found Loomio, a software that helps companies seamlessly navigate the intricacies of decentralized organization. Later he founded the Hum, a non-hierarchical management consultancy that’s rewriting the rules of how we work together. His lat...2023-11-031h 31

MicrosolidarityCrewing with Young Families, Homeschoolers, and Elders - Josh & AmyVideo of this conversation is here: https://youtu.be/UVbqPDQsjKo 2023-10-1940 min

MicrosolidarityGathering Weekly & Moving Slowly - Josh & AmyVideo of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vissfYXI5rs More info: http://microsolidarity.cc 2023-10-1155 min

MicrosolidarityBerlin Microsolidarity Project - Nicki Endres & Richard D. BartlettHere's the invitation Nicki, Jocelyn & Karl developed for the Berlin Microsolidarity Project: https://gardenlove.notion.site/Berlin-Microsolidarity-Project-f294d1f05a9a4a3dbcc45ebe66bfed48 2023-09-191h 12

Interintellect HostcastSandra Sobanska: On Life TransitionsHost Linus Lu talks to Sandra Sobanska about life transitions: how to think about them, and how to deal with them effectively. *** Sandra’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandra_sobanska Sandra’s Substack: https://intotheliminal.substack.com/ Tasshin and Mary Bajorek, “Give your Gift” https://tasshin.com/give-your-gift/ Coaching with Peter Limberg - optimizing for aliveness Peter’s Substack: https://lessfoolish.substack.com/ Stoa: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStoa Microsolidarity: https://www.microsolidarit...2023-09-1556 min

MicrosolidarityAmbivalent Leadership - Richard D. Bartlett & Johnson HsiehIf you want to join our monthly network call, subscribe here: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity 2023-09-011h 20

MicrosolidaritySummer Camps 2023 Reflections & Network RetroIn this month's Network Call, the hosts and participants of this year's two Summer Camps (in the US and Germany) share some reflections on their experiences. Listen in also for a retrospective of the last 6 month's of our Network: What are we celebrating? Where do we sense untapped potential? What has been challenging? And what do we want to explore now? If you're a Network member, feel free to add to the retro board via this link.2023-08-041h 03

MicrosolidarityTroika Consulting TakeawaysIn this month's Network Call, our small intimate group of 6 tuned in from the US, Europe and Asia to tap into each other's wisdom, support and creativity with a Troika Consulting practice. Tune in to hear our reflections and takeaways!2023-07-0613 min

MicrosolidarityVibeCamp 2 Debrief w/ BrookeLinks mentioned in the conversation: Previous interview with Brooke: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Microsolidarity/episodes/VibeCamp-Debrief-with-Brooke-e1ffnat Critter's reflections from his experience as a VibeCamp participant: https://t.co/gB9q3LWcBS https://www.microsolidarity.cc/participate/events 2023-06-2351 min

MicrosolidarityCommunity Village, the Berlin Microsolidarity Project & the Microsolidarity Research CrewListen along this month as Caleb Tenenbaum shares about his community-based meditation program, Community Village, Nicki and Jocelyn share about the Berlin Microsolidarity Project, and Abi gives us an update on the Network's very own Research Crew! Here are few further links mentioned in the call: Microsolidarity Summercamps! USA Europe Microsolidarity Practice Programs (June 6 - 15th) Learn the basic Microsolidarity concepts and connect & practice with other community builders! Registration is now open! If you're a microsolidarity practitioner you can become a member and join our calls by contributing a...2023-06-011h 04

Audience of One#018 - Rich Bartlett on Coordination, Optimism, Commitment, & AgencyRich Bartlett helps people grow high-trust communities & decentralised organisations. He’s the co-founder of tech co-op Loomio, community building network Microsolidarity, management consultancy The Hum, and director of the social impact collective Enspiral. We talk about microsolidarity, fellowship and belonging, being optimistic and pessimistic about the future, cooperation and coordination, increasing agency, commitment, and identifying what you’re good at. — (01:04) Why do we need better human coordination? (06:25) Straddling the line between optimistic and pessimistic; being “pro” things instead of “anti” (12:23) Stories drive cooperation (15:51) Does he have a fundamentally good view of human nature? (20:24) How to increase...2023-05-2540 min

MicrosolidarityUnderstanding Change + a Micro-Insurance Scheme Proposal?Tune in here for a summary of this month's Microsolidarity Network Call! This month Community Alchemist Lana Jelenjev ran a skill share session on the Satir Change Model, while a 'network support' breakout room allowed space to chew on a proposal for collectivising the financial risks of running community events. Could we have a new network "micro-insurance" scheme in the works? LINKS to further info: Download the full Satir Model guide here. (Put MICROSOLIDARITY in the coupon code to get it for free) Learn more about Understanding Organisational Change from Lana! Check out her upcoming courses through The Hum. ...2023-05-0412 min

The Blockchain SocialistCollective Intelligence, Mini Socialism, and MicrosolidarityIn this episode I spoke with Richard Bartlett (@RichDecibels), a co-founder of tech co-op Loomio, non-hierarchical management consultancy The Hum, and director of the social impact collective Enspiral. His most recent endeavour is a community building network called Microsolidarity, Although I've followed him for a while now, we met in person at the Solarpunk NOW event in Austria organized by the Crypto Commons Association part of the Breadchain Cooperative. During the interview we discussed his experience in building high trust communities, his thoughts on crypto world, and dealing with the contradiction of being on the left and n...2023-04-301h 17

MicrosolidarityCompanionship and Support for Being with the TroubleCatch a snapshot of the vibe and explorations during the Microsolidarity Network Call on 6th April 2023.2023-04-0609 min

MicrosolidaritySolving Loneliness as a Nomad - Johnson Hsieh & James BakerReflecting on the experience of building microsolidarity crews while living on the road.2023-03-1329 min

MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity Summer Camp!?.2023-03-0312 min

MicrosolidarityLearnings from Hosting "Embodying Collective Transformation" with Karl SteyaertKarl Steyaert is an IFS Practitioner, NVC Trainer, Therapist, Transformational Facilitator, and general change agent. Together with Jocelyn Ames, Catherin Tran, and Nadine Helm, he hosted three back-to-back month-long “Embodying Collective Transformation Residencies” at the Life Itself Hub in Bergerac France, in the fall of 2022. In this conversation, we explore some of the lessons learned from running this massive community experiment. It feels like we only scratched the surface. Still, there are definitely some nuggets in there, including topics like framing an event like this, being explicit about the purpose of any gathering, the nuanced challenges around leadership that...2023-01-1255 min

MicrosolidarityDebriefing after a climate activist gathering w/ Jonas GrönerA conversation with Jonas Gröner reflecting on his recent gathering of climate justice activists from around Vienna, Austria. You can catch up on our previous conversation here: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Weaving-Social-Fabric-With-Climate-Justice-Activists-e1jnoei More about Jonas: https://jonasgroener.com/ More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc 2023-01-0950 min

MicrosolidarityMorgan & Rich reflecting on the Denver 2022 gatheringvideo of our conversation is here: https://youtu.be/SGvr4r_hB28 find out more about Morgan's work at Morganic Movement - https://morganicmovement.my.canva.site/2023-01-0950 min

MicrosolidarityBridgeSpace Commons PDX & MicrosolidarityIoan, Josh & Rich talk about the joys & challenges of organising a new community centre in Portland OR learn more about the Community Mastery Board here: https://drew.agilelearningcenters.org/alc-one-pagers/ and support Microsolidarity here: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity 2023-01-091h 10

MicrosolidarityReflecting on our Denver Microsolidarity Gathering in October 2022Rich Bartlett, Lisa-Marie Pierre, and Jordan Lyon reflect on our experiences and harvest our learnings from an Autumn 4-day Microsolidarity gathering in Denver, CO from October 26th-29th. Video here: https://youtu.be/p0y4qGz0pXQ More about Microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc 2023-01-061h 01

Doomer OptimismDO 104 - Microsolidary w/ Rich Bartlett, Steph Soussloff, Roscoe and Ashley ColbyRich, Steph, Roscoe and Ashley discuss their experience at the Microsolidarity Retreat in Denver in October 2022. Tune in to find out if Ashley did battle with the hippies or became one! Steph Soussloff @stephsoussloff is an animal-lover, artist, gardener, cook, daughter & friend passionate about co-creating cultures of care, authenticity & embodied creativity. A design strategist & org development consultant by training, she loves to support clients in unfolding their shared capacity for collaboration, strong relationships and brave communication. She is a catalyst of a community project called Starter Cultures where she hosts a writing circle and...2022-12-261h 29

Holding UnfoldingMicrosolidarity Denver '22 Lightening TalksMicrosolidarity Denver '22 Lightening Talks by Holding Unfolding 2022-11-2155 min

MicrosolidarityNeighborhood Organising in Pennsylvania - Seth Bush & Richard D. BartlettI spoke with Seth Bush, who is organising his local neigbhorhood in Pennsylvania. It sounds like they’re having an awesome time at the hyper-local scale, creating more connections between neighbours and exchanging mutual aid. We talked about legal structures for collective finances, how to scale from one neighbourhood to many. We also talked about how microsolidarity is coming from a slightly different set of priorities compared to the main currents of the contemporary social justice movement. At the end of the convo, Seth gave me some great advice about how to be a better coach...2022-10-181h 05

MicrosolidarityIntroducing 7 communities from the Microsolidarity NetworkHere's a recording from our monthly Microsolidarity Network Call, hosted by Jocelyn. Video is here. Presentations by: Drew & Caroline - Shared Ground, Denver - http://sharedground.co Diana - Blivande, Stockholm - http://blivande.com James - Intentional Society - https://intentionalsociety.org/ Nicole - Primal Gathering - https://primalgathering.co/ Lisa-Marie - Crewing in New York - http://limapea.com Rick - Medley, Berlin - https://medley.berlin/ Jonas - The Node, Vienna - https://derknoten.wien/ If you want to join us for the next monthly network call, see here: https://www.microsolidarity.c...2022-09-0230 min

MicrosolidarityPrimal Gathering: regenerative community building with Nicole BoskyPrimal Gathering is an environmentally, socially and psychologically regenerative gathering used to restore people, forests and ecosystems all over the world. This year, they’re planting 1000 trees in Lagos, Portugal, in between yoga classes & live concerts & permaculture workshops. Nov 17-20. Info & tickets: https://primalgathering.co/reforestation-vale-da-lama-2022 They've just published a handbook explaining their approach to community building: https://primalgathering1.gitbook.io/community-as-a-practice/ More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-08-241h 00

MicrosolidarityCatalyzberlin Debrief with AnantaAnanta is @meansinfinity on Twitter. She recently organised a gathering of Twitter people at Medley, a new creative space in Berlin: http://medley.berlin Rich interviewed her to share any lessons learned. More about microsolidarity at http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-08-231h 08

MicrosolidarityKaicamp DebriefTalking with @kaisoapbox about his experience organising a gathering for twitter friends, with his hosting team: @herrowna, @zrkrlc, @michhmatch, @aballrolling & @amirism_ Kai's thread of upcoming camps: https://twitter.com/kaisoapbox/status/1552288561638289408 Rival Voices' post-jesscamp thread: https://twitter.com/nosilverv/status/1501171643393191938 Notable mentions: @frideswyth @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @gptbrooke @tpotvibecamp @Aella_Girl @visakanv Past interviews with organisers: Silvia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_jNf6Eqpk Brooke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQqVBGYPQA More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-07-301h 27

Microsolidaritya roadmap for high-trust communitiesmore at http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-07-2812 min

MicrosolidarityTwitter is for Making Friends - Catalyzbon Event Debrief - Silvia BastosThis conversation is about using Twitter to make meaningful community. Rich is in conversation with Silvia, who recently organised a 30-person gathering in Lisbon. The fundraiser Silvia mentioned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/buddi-and-hap-relief-fund Join us in the Microsolidarity Discord: https://discord.gg/Kp2xVuSFAX More at: http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-07-201h 05

Shift#5 [english] - Shifting Collaborative Culture in Community with Pascal HazelegerIn this episode, I have the absolute privilege of talking to Pascal Hazeleger. He works on solving complex problems through developing networked organizations. He is involved with the blue neighborhood economy foundation in Spijkerkwartier in Arnhem/Netherlands. The foundation is running a community center and many different projects in the neighborhood. About 10% of people in the neighborhood are actively involved in one of those projects. Pascal and I talk about why this community is so valuable to the people participating, how it is set up structurally, what challenges they are encountering with regards to organizational culture and...2022-07-111h 15

MicrosolidarityWeaving Social Fabric With Climate Justice ActivistsA conversation with Jonas Gröner about his plans to create more community among the climate justice activists in Vienna, Austria. More about microsolidarity: http://microsolildarity.cc 2022-06-1348 min

MicrosolidarityWhat We Learned From the 1st Gathering of Microsolidarity PractitionersLearn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc Learn more about Doomer Optimism here: https://anchor.fm/doomer-optimism and here: https://doomeroptimism.substack.com/2022-06-091h 42

MicrosolidarityManaging Participation Inequity in a Housing CoopPolarity Management tweet is here: https://twitter.com/RichDecibels/status/1361705188285906945 Learn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc 2022-06-091h 22

MicrosolidarityNuanu - designing the constitution for a huge community project in BaliSasha Dimitrevic & Tucker Walsh are part of the organising crew for Nuanu: a new intentional village in Bali which could eventually grow to 2000 people. They interviewed me seeking advice for their community constitution.Themes - multi-level addressable nested identities - epistemic conflict between oral & literate culture - using tempo to find the sweet spot between chaos and order - enrolling community members into polarity management - subsidiarity - training community members in conflict resolution, communication skills, etc - dual org charts for working & relating - designing to prevent p...2022-05-2053 min

MicrosolidarityKarl Steyaert interview before Microsolidarity Gathering1st Microsolidarity Gathering is happening in Belgium May 2022 (now sold out). If you want to join the 2nd gathering, in USA in November, see http://microsolidarity.cc for more info. More about Karl: http://www.karlsteyaert.com/about/2022-04-2722 min

MicrosolidarityVibeCamp Debrief with BrookeVibecamp is https://vibecamp.xyz/ Brooke is @gptbrooke on twitter Here's how you can donate to the organising team. Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/DaQqVBGYPQA See http://microsolidarity.cc for more 2022-03-0950 min

MicrosolidarityCults & Community Heartbreak with QCQC is @QiaochuYuan on Twitter.2022-03-091h 20

MicrosolidarityCommunity & Uncertainty - repost from Reach Truth PodcastRichard Bartlett speaks with Tasshin Fogleman about Enspiral, microsolidarity, collapse, cults, DAO's, and more. Originally published on the Reach Truth Podcast: https://tasshin.com/podcast/ 2021-11-221h 37

MicrosolidarityIntentional SocietyJames Baker, founder of Intentional Society, speaking with Richard D. Bartlett about their community building experience, especially focussed on questions of how to decentralise leadership. Their website is here: https://intentionalsociety.org/2021-11-2257 min

Reach Truth PodcastCommunity and Uncertainty with Richard BartlettTasshin speaks with Richard Bartlett (@RichDecibels) about Enspiral, microsolidarity, collapse, cults, DAO's, and more. Rich on Twitter Enspiral Microsolidarity The Hum Loomio Robin Dunbar on the Jim Rutt Show If you enjoyed this episode, consider supporting Tasshin and the Reach Truth Podcast on Patreon.2021-11-181h 37

MicrosolidarityBlivande - 1st team retreat - Oct 2021A conversation with Diana Monsberger, community organiser at Blivande house in Stockholm. They're having their first team retreat soon, so Diana talked with Rich about how to design the gathering. Some questions: - how to work with 35 people - how to include people who don't desire structured intimacy - how to make it fun and not too serious - how to include people who can't participate for the full duration of the retreat - how to encourage people to speak with people they wouldn't otherwise connect with - how to co...2021-10-0251 min

MicrosolidarityEnspiral Europe - 1st GatheringSilvia Bastos is one of the co-hosts of the recent Pico Island gathering: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Pico-Island-Congregation---1st-Summer-Gathering---June-2021-e136g6k She interviewed Richard Bartlett, one of the co-hosts of the recent Enspiral Europe gathering. Video of this conversation is available here: https://youtu.be/W6T65zm2Jl4 Mentioned in this conversation: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/friendlynerdbook https://LifeItself.us https://en.lacuisinedelabienveillance.org/les-messagers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology https://www.liberatingstructures.com/8-troika-consulting/ https://epiccollaboration.com/approaches/mg...2021-09-0259 min

MicrosolidarityPico Island Congregation - 1st Summer Gathering - June 2021Silvia Bastos, Michal Korzonek & Richard D. Bartlett have a "debrief" conversation after the first gathering of their microsolidarity community in Pico Island, off the coast of Portugal. Lavishly documented here: https://pico.microsolidarity.cc/projects/summer-gathering-2021 Join the next Microsolidarity practice program: http://thehum.org/microsolidarity More about the Microsolidarity project: http://microsolidarity.cc Video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/4CmvciBqGTk 2021-06-211h 19

MicrosolidarityJoshua Vial & Richard D. Bartlett: the journey of a community founderJoshua Vial is the founder of Enspiral: we talk about what it's like to be a community founder, how to decentralise power, creating adult-to-adult relationships, vision, experimentation, safety & harm, freedom & responsibility... and lots of other good stuff :) If you're not familiar with Enspiral, here's some introductory links: a 2 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6eZIbgNrM a 30 min presentation from Alanna Irving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ABqCgKi4X0 an interview with Jim Rutt and me https://www.jimruttshow.com/rich-bartlett/ More links: http://microsolidarity.cc/ https://joshuavial.com/ ...2021-06-201h 05

The Lightfoot Podcast#16 Richard D. Bartlett On Open Source Cults & The Hurt That Drive Us Towards BelongingThis week I'm joined by Richard D. Bartlett for a deep dive into what it is that drives us both to cultivate community. We question whether our passion is coming from a wholly integrated place and explore how our trauma often compels us to act the way we do. We also break down the constellation of thinkers that have most inspired us and zero in on the difference between linking and ranking in social contexts. I enjoyed this conversation with every ounce of my being and hope it touches you the way it did me. I recommend you check o...2021-04-131h 56

Buddhist GeeksDeconstructing Decentralised Organizing, with Richard D. BartlettIn this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in conversation with Richard D. Bartlett. Rich is the author of Patterns for Decentralised Organising and a contributing author for Better Work Together. He is a co-founder of Loomio and The Hum. He is a Director and longstanding member of Enspiral. In finding where convergence resides among them, Vince and Rich explore many interesting topics including Decentralised Organising, Microsolidarity, Fractal Narcissism, and the Occupy Movement.Memorable Quotes“In a time of massive disruption, where the stakes are really high and everyone has skin in th...2020-09-301h 05

Talk of TodayDecentralised Organisations with Richard BartlettIn this episode of Talk of Today we're joined by Richard Bartlett. Richard is an expert in bringing people together and catalysing decentralised forms of organising. He's co founder of Enspiral (Enspiral.com) - a network of people supporting each other to grow up and to get paid for doing meaningful work. He's currently working on a project called Microsolidarity (microsolidarity.cc) that's focused on building and sharing a collection of methodologies for community building, answering the questions of How can we build small scale, high trust, mutually developmental groups. I'm a huge fan of Richards work and the joy...2020-06-261h 20

State of Emergence033 Richard D. Bartlett – Small Social Experiments and Macro-Scale Social TransformationSocial entrepreneur and community innovator Richard D. Bartlett joins Terry to explore the dynamics, challenges and potentials of conscious communities, and the possibility for small-scale social experiments of “micro-solidarity” to scale in a way that meets our global challenges. Richard D. Bartlett is on a mission to help catalyze a more compassionate, intelligent, more co-creative way of working together. In 2012, he co-founded Loomio, a digital tool for deliberation and decision-making in groups, and in 2016, he co-founded The Hum, which advises organizations without managers. Rich is also a Director and longstanding member of Enspiral — a network of people supporting each other...2020-06-131h 40

MicrosolidarityCultural Catalyst Network - Presentation from Karl Staeyert & Leonie SmithVideo version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPwQeAbyWN4&list=PLOjcWjpjOqzbV9T3tSR6O7z_eic-Puqaa&index=8 Cultural Catalyst Network: http://culturalcatalystnetwork.org/2020-06-0127 min

MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity in Maastricht, pt 2Previous episode is here: https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Microsolidarity-in-Maastricht-pt-1-ebnh65 Bea + Josh are starting a new microsolidarity community in Maastricht in the Netherlands. This is their second conversation with Rich & Nati where they present their plans and seek feedback. We talk about crews, how to develop a sense of shared ownership & participatory culture, and meeting online vs in person. More info: http://microsolidarity.cc 2020-04-291h 02

The Jim Rutt ShowEP51 Richard Bartlett on Self-Organizing CollaborationRichard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work & organization, Gameb, group size dynamics, big change movements & much more... Richard Bartlett talks to Jim about his experiences with decentralized work & organization, transitioning from game a to Gameb, models for financial solidarity, technology-first vs psychology-first approaches to collaboration, dyad vs crew vs congregation dynamics, competency-based networks, practices vs principles, moving podcasts towards community, activism vs actionism, decision-making methods & conflict management, post-COVID network change potential, fundamentals focus in big change movements, intentions vs competencies, the power of modularity, and more. Episode Transcript Mentions & Recommendations Rich on Twitter Enspiral The Hum ...2020-04-271h 18

MicrosolidarityCultural Catalyst Network - conversation with Karl Steyaert & Richard D. BartlettVideo of this conversation here: https://youtu.be/QL6ajLeaBA0 Karl shares his plans for a new community of practice he is about to launch; Rich gives feedback; then they get deeper into the personal questions of what it is like to be us doing this community weaving work at this time. - digital connection with physical distance - choosing which 1 thing to work on and which 9 things to put down (how to delegate) - Internal Family Systems Therapy and how it applies to our roles - going with the...2020-04-071h 04

MicrosolidarityCourage & Cooperation: interview with Ari in the Air & Richard D. BartlettReproducing Ari's podcast, originally posted here: https://soundcloud.com/ariintheair/courage-cooperation-rich-bartlett More about microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc 2020-04-021h 12

Ari in the AirCourage & Cooperation - Rich BartlettIn this episode, Rich, the co-creator of Enspiral and Loomio(complex collaborative systems) and I talk about about why people have such a hard time working together, from how we were raised, our cultures, our biases, all the way to how we think of ourselves. We talk about how systems change, from the individual then outward. We talk about non-hierarchical organizations, non-violence, small groups and the importance of group size, the dunbar number, microsolidarity, sovereignty, networks of trust and love, courage-how we get it and how we give it. We talk about some problems in the United States, scalability of...2020-04-011h 11

Microsolidarity2x7x2 Relational Practice with Ronan Harrington and Richard D. BartlettA little taste to show you what we mean by microsolidarity: Ronan speaks for 7 minutes, Rich reflects back for 2 minutes, then they switch roles. An extremely simple relational practice that can make a big difference in less than half an hour. http://microsolidarity.cc Ping me on Twitter 2020-03-2028 min

MicrosolidarityMarkel Cormenzana and Richard D. Bartlett get to know each otherThis is the first meeting between Markel Cormenzana and Rich. We get to know each other and talk about some of the design philosophy behind our work. More info at microsolidarity.cc 2020-03-181h 05

MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity in Maastricht pt 1Bea + Josh are starting a new microsolidarity community in Maastricht in the Netherlands. This is their first conversation with Rich where they present their plans and seek his feedback. We talk about leadership, facilitation, boundaries, and the tension between abstraction and practice. More info: microsolidarity.cc 2020-02-1158 min

MicrosolidarityNati and john talking about pods at EnspiralMore info at http://microsolidarity.cc/crewing and http://handbook.enspiral.com/guides/pods.html 2019-12-1332 min

MicrosolidarityDiscussion about Crews at Enspiral Summer Retreat 2019Here's a conversation recorded at the big annual gathering of Enspiral, talking about the very practical side of starting and running Crews. This recording is annotated with lots of links, over here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/discussing/enspiral-summer-retreat-feb-2019 2019-02-271h 11

MicrosolidarityResearch questionsLinks & background here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/discussing/research-questions 2019-02-1646 min