Presentation on the common purpose organisation.

1. The Common Purpose Organisation

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3. What is The Common Purpose
Organisation?
It is any organisation that aligns its purpose with the common purpose of:
FULFILMENT WITHOUT HARM

4. Purpose
A common purpose organisation has a purpose in line with the common purpose,
for instance:
“This organisation furthers the Common Purpose of Fulfilment through improving …
transport, computation, entertainment, banking, et al ... in accordance with the
Principle of No Harm.”

5. Attributes
Decentralised and distributed.
Democratised.
Open information.
Structured for coordination & communication.
Elected organisers.
No harm & equal respect.
Deals fairly in ideas.
Liable contributor-members.
Flexible in all roles.
Shared earnings.

6. Responsibility & Information
We are all accountable,
Which means,
We are all responsible.

7. Decision-Making
Centralised collective decision-making.
Decentralised local decision-making.
Shared information on decisions for collective
intelligence.

8. Permission
Permitted authority, no other authority is allowed (or valid).

9. Salaries
No-one should earn more than twice that of another.
Without the security of a shared base income, people
will always want to earn more than others in order to
attain their own security.

10. Accounting
Open accounts for fair distribution of earnings.

11. Ownership
Ownership is by membership. Membership is by contribution
– if you contribute you are a member and an owner.
The financial ‘owners’ The real owners are its
are its creditors. participants.
Founders are not controllers. They may be financial ‘owners’ and real owner
participant-members, however, they are not controllers of the organisation
which, as it grows, adheres to democratic central decision-making, decentralised
local decision-making, distributed responsibility and shared information in which
everyone participating is an owner and a leader.

12. Membership
Fulfilment without harm leads to voluntary membership in organisation, in
which all participants are employees, members, and partners.
The motivation for participation is fulfilment via our best contribution in the
areas that interest us.
We can be empowered if the produce demands of work are understood by
us and we are given the space to achieve them.

13. Effort
Flowing
Easy
Done at the right time,
Efficient in the right place
Conserving energy
Producing positive feedback
Rhythmic and resonating
Understood
Regular and
automated
Free and flexible Routine

14. Readings

15. For further information visit…
OUR SYSTEM
http://oursystem.info
The Common Purpose Manifesto
http://thecommonpurpose.com