“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” Adam Smith 1776
Smith thought the ‘invisible hand’ of the market would prevent this in the future.
He was wrong.
Perhaps its time to re-embrace the idea of ‘the commons’?
A resource, owned by no-one, managed by a rolling team to ensure its benefits can be enjoyed by everyone, including non-human communities, present and future.
What if you made your business a commons?
A resource, owned by employees (including you), managed by those employees for the benefit of present and future customers and employees?
It’s not as hard as you might think. And once you’ve commoned your business who knows where you might go commoning next?
Discipline makes Daring possible.