Shows
MicrosolidarityDecember Network Call: Showcasing coliven.comMarin Petrov joined us to showcase his project coliven.com -- an online directory of community spaces related to Microsolidarity. Microsolidarity network calls are hosted every month for members of our community! Join by registering on Open Collective for €3/month. You’ll receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link for these calls.https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity
2025-12-111h 02MicrosolidarityCircling @ Casa Tilo w/ Marei Christensen & Richard D. Bartlettmore info: http://eltilo.casa/circlingcontact Marei: https://x.com/Mareikehere
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MicrosolidarityNavigating Conflict CollaborativelyThis month we had an inspiring conversation about addressing conflict. What does conflict transformation look like through a Microsolidarity lens? How do you turn conflict into a generative experience?Sending out a big thanks to Caleb, Ondrej, James and Victor for sharing what's been going well and what still challenging about addressing conflict in their Microsolidarity-related projects (from NGO's to spiritual communities to partner relationships!). We had a great jam around developing a culture of generative conflicts in a group and approaching difficult conversations.We recommend listening in as we're sure it'll...
2025-10-021h 11
MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity Camp Design: Behind the ScenesA behind-the-scenes peek of how Rich, Ondrej and Jocelyn are thinking about Summer Camp design this year.This should be on your listening list if you're wondering about joining, if you're curious about event design and the art of hosting from a Microsolidarity perspective!Apply for Micrsolidarity Summer Camp 2025 (20 - 25 Aug)Find out more and register for Ship It Week (29 Aug - 7 Sep):For more info about Casa Tilo
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MicrosolidarityShowcasing Liminal Learning & Cosy Club [July Network Call]Listen in to this month's Network Call as Rick Benger and Synes Elischka introduce their Microsolidarity inspired projects: Liminal Learning and Cosy Club!We had some great follow-up conversations after each presentation and many came away inspired with new insights and ideas. What do these projects and approaches spark in you? - LINKS -Microsolidarity Summer Camp 2025Microsolidarity NewsletterFind out more about Liminal LearningGet news and see conversations with the Liminal Learning teamFollow RickFind out more...
2025-07-041h 30MicrosolidaritySecure Attachment 101: interview with a community organiser’s momRichard D. Bartlett talked with Jeannine Roberts to learn more about her approach to parenting. It’s a quest to understand more about her son Andrew Rose, co-founder of Fractal NYC: what is the magic ingredient that can make someone into such a generous and effective community organiser?Interview with Andrew here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nhPtZ1zPNUTw6wuDZg41X?si=eZ5F25s8QuCrOQQMvCoayA
2025-06-261h 00MicrosolidarityThe Rise & Fall of Moos Community Space w/ Oliver Sauter & Richard D. Bartlettwebsites mentioned:https://suppstacks.store/https://eltilo.casa/
2025-06-2457 minMicrosolidarityTake Some Responsibility! w/ Andrew Rose (Fractal NYC) & Richard D. BartlettFractal NYC: http://fractalnyc.comCasa Tilo: http://eltilo.casa
2025-06-101h 07MicrosolidarityJune Network Call: Microsolidarity Card DeckJoin in with this month's Network Call as we look through how the card deck has developed so far! If you'd like to see it for yourself and add your comments, find the Miro board here: Newsletter & Updates: microsolidarity.substack.comTelegram: https://t.me/microsolidarityMembership: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity
2025-06-0552 minMicrosolidarityThe '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 00MicrosolidarityBoundaried Leadership (aka the fuck ‘em mindset) / Lauren Uba & Richard D. Bartletthttp://laurenuba.comhttp://eltilo.casa
2025-03-2655 minMicrosolidarityYincubator 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 13MicrosolidarityCasa Tilo: new community hub in Barcelona | Richard D. Bartlett & Maebyhttp://eltilo.casa
2025-03-181h 30MicrosolidarityThe 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 minMicrosolidarityBelonging 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 20MicrosolidarityExperiments 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 minMicrosolidarityLessons 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 19MicrosolidarityThe 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 minMicrosolidarityThe 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 minMicrosolidarityExperiments 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 min2024-11-2948 min2024-11-281h 11MicrosolidarityExperiments 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 07MicrosolidarityAI Safety + Philanthropy: Introducing Hermes’ Loom | Julian Nalenz & Richard D. BartlettHermes’ Loom: https://hermesloom.org/
2024-10-231h 25MicrosolidarityHelping a Group to See the Conflicts Under the Surface -- Alex Popiak & Rich Bartlett
2024-10-1657 min2024-10-051h 10MicrosolidarityFrom 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 27Microsolidarity2024 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 minMicrosolidaritySummer 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 minMicrosolidarity2024 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 07MicrosolidarityCascade 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 39MicrosolidarityHousing 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 20MicrosolidarityUSA 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 05MicrosolidarityUSA 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 minMicrosolidarityTPOT 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 25MicrosolidarityLessons 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 11MicrosolidarityRelational 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 minMicrosolidarityMeditation 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
GreenPillSeason 4. Ep. - 15 - Microsolidarity With Richard Bartlett✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢 https://greenpill.network/ 🟢 NEW! Greenpill NFTs 🟢 https://pods.media/greenpill Apple Show Link https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1609313639 Spotify Show Link https://open.spotify.com/show/0l6aXWC94dd0RA3tkKfxjd 🟢🟢🟢Show your support on twitter 🟢🟢🟢 https://richdecibels.com/ https://twitter.com/richdecibels https://www.microsolidarity.cc Timestamps 0:00 Intro 01:57 What Is Microsolidarity 03:18 Solidarity & Belonging 06:19 Solidarity & Belonging In D...
2024-05-0948 minMicrosolidarityFinancing 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 minMicrosolidarityCrewing: 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 092024-02-271h 22MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity 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 30MicrosolidarityDreaming 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 16MicrosolidarityRoles, 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 minMicrosolidarityCrewing with Young Families, Homeschoolers, and Elders - Josh & AmyVideo of this conversation is here: https://youtu.be/UVbqPDQsjKo
2023-10-1940 minMicrosolidarityGathering Weekly & Moving Slowly - Josh & AmyVideo of this conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vissfYXI5rs
More info: http://microsolidarity.cc
2023-10-1155 minMicrosolidarityBerlin 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 12MicrosolidarityAmbivalent Leadership - Richard D. Bartlett & Johnson HsiehIf you want to join our monthly network call, subscribe here: https://opencollective.com/microsolidarity
2023-09-011h 20MicrosolidaritySummer 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 03MicrosolidarityTroika 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 minMicrosolidarityVibeCamp 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 minMicrosolidarityCommunity 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.
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(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 minMicrosolidarityUnderstanding 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.
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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 17MicrosolidarityCompanionship 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 minMicrosolidaritySolving Loneliness as a Nomad - Johnson Hsieh & James BakerReflecting on the experience of building microsolidarity crews while living on the road.
2023-03-1329 min2023-03-0312 minMicrosolidarityLearnings 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 minMicrosolidarityDebriefing 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 minMicrosolidarityMorgan & 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 minMicrosolidarityBridgeSpace 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 10MicrosolidarityReflecting 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
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Holding UnfoldingMicrosolidarity Denver '22 Lightening TalksMicrosolidarity Denver '22 Lightening Talks by Holding Unfolding
2022-11-2155 minMicrosolidarityNeighborhood 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 05MicrosolidarityIntroducing 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 minMicrosolidarityPrimal 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 00MicrosolidarityCatalyzberlin 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 08MicrosolidarityKaicamp 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 272022-07-2812 minMicrosolidarityTwitter 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
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 minMicrosolidarityWhat 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 42MicrosolidarityManaging 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 22MicrosolidarityNuanu - 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 minMicrosolidarityKarl 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 minMicrosolidarityVibeCamp 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 min2022-03-091h 20MicrosolidarityCommunity & 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 37MicrosolidarityIntentional 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 minMicrosolidarityBlivande - 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 minMicrosolidarityPico 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 19MicrosolidarityJoshua 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
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 20Talk 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 20MicrosolidarityCultural 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 minMicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity 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
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2020-04-271h 18MicrosolidarityCultural 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 04MicrosolidarityCourage & 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 12Microsolidarity2x7x2 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 minMicrosolidarityMarkel 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 05MicrosolidarityMicrosolidarity 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 minMicrosolidarityNati and john talking about pods at EnspiralMore info at http://microsolidarity.cc/crewing and http://handbook.enspiral.com/guides/pods.html
2019-12-1332 minMicrosolidarityDiscussion 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 11MicrosolidarityResearch questionsLinks & background here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/discussing/research-questions
2019-02-1646 min