# Transforming Communities into Economies and Ecosystems by Leveraging Open Principles
**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/transforming-communities-into-economies-and-ecosystems-by-leveraging-open-principles/1032
**Category:** ⚙️ Technology and Open Source
**Created:** [April 28, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/transforming-communities-into-economies-and-ecosystems-by-leveraging-open-principles/1032 "2022-04-28T04:37:54Z")
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### Author:  [@osioke](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/transforming-communities-into-economies-and-ecosystems-by-leveraging-open-principles/1032/1 "2022-04-28T04:37:54Z")
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:
> **[Growth Clinic's Growth and Innovation System](https://speakerdeck.com/osioke/growth-clinics-growth-and-innovation-system)**
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> A process for leveraging communities to transform individuals and businesses into economies and ecosystems.
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:
> **[How I Created a System to Transform Communities into Economies and Ecosystems](https://communitystaples.substack.com/p/how-i-created-a-system-to-transform)**
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> Evolving them from being places to connect and engage around shared interests to country-like economies and ecosystems
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### Author:  [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/transforming-communities-into-economies-and-ecosystems-by-leveraging-open-principles/1032/2 "2022-11-19T00:47:17Z")
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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### Author:  [@osioke](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/transforming-communities-into-economies-and-ecosystems-by-leveraging-open-principles/1032/3 "2022-11-19T09:21:26Z")
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:
> **[Start here community product thinkers!](https://community.growthclinic.xyz/t/start-here-community-product-thinkers/63?u=osioke)**
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> Hello and welcome here 😃 👋🏾 While working with different clients and companies as a community manager, a product manager or working in some other growth-focused role, I realised that, when certain frameworks are applied in a specific way, you can...
This process is something I am trying to show with 3 projects:
> **[Pavilion](https://pavilion.tech/)**
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> Pavilion provides quality products and solutions for communities, backed by our next-generation coöperative.
Community Staples: [About the Learning program - Learning - Community Staples's Discourse](https://discourse.communitystaples.com/t/about-the-learning-program/32)
[Coopcreds.com](http://Coopcreds.com): [Planning Our Next Co-op Credentials Community Call: An Asynchronous Co-Design Workshop - Events - Co-op Credentials](https://community.coopcreds.com/t/planning-our-next-co-op-credentials-community-call-an-asynchronous-co-design-workshop/283)