Transforming Communities into Economies and Ecosystems by Leveraging Open Principles

⚙️ Technology and Open Source
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Back in University, I stumbled on a poster for a conference on Kubuntu. This was back in 2009 in Kano, Nigeria. Since then I have worked with and advocated for open source and communities wherever I found myself.

Advocating for open source and learning through the forums I stumbled on made we wonder how I could create a way to make knowledge sharing and growth easier around me, and until recently the process eluded me.

I’d like to share a system I developed that makes this possible in a sustainable way for the participants. By sustainable I mean the participants in this knowledge sharing ecosystem can earn a living and thrive from the contributions they make. I am calling it a Growth and Innovation System:

I am sharing it because I’d love a critique on it.

Basically, what do we think of it, does it make any sense or does it seem applicable?

To help you with this critique–that is if you’re interested, I documented my entire process; research and all. I had been looking for a way since 2009, but actively started working on it in 5 years ago. Here is the documentation of my process:

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Thanks Osioke.

I am confused - what does the growth clinic look like? How does it actively help projects become sustainable? How do you back up your statement that it helps people earn a living and thrive from contributions? I’d like some more brass tacks! Curious.

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The core of it is a series of mental model workshops, helping the project owners develop new mindsets and models for working on their projects.

An iteration of the content for workshops can be seen here:

This process is something I am trying to show with 3 projects:

Community Staples: About the Learning program - Learning - Community Staples's Discourse

Coopcreds.com: Planning Our Next Co-op Credentials Community Call: An Asynchronous Co-Design Workshop - Events - Co-op Credentials

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