My friend, Nancy came to Denver to attend the Institute for Challenging Disorganization conference.This intrigued me, not realizing that an organization like the Institute for Challenging
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My friend, Nancy came to Denver to attend the Institute for Challenging Disorganization conference.
When people cooperate and work together, the result is very powerful. When the organization's mission is crime, well, that would be bad. Indeed, human nature's ability to organize itself is perhaps the single most powerful aspect of our species. It even put a man on the moon. (On the other hand, we landed on the moon well before we thought to put wheels on suitcases.)
It reminds me of the Austin Powers scene where Dr. Evil is in a planning meeting. Just as we recognize that Dr. Evil's organized crime ring is obviously not good for our community, we are often skeptical of our own government's power, simply because it is organized, and can accomplish many things, some of which we may not want. Yet we expect our government to plan for public safety, like protecting our citizens from being trampled to death at a Who concert in Cincinnati.
All of this was going through my mind, as I sat and watched the presenters at the state Capitol for the Rebuild Right campaign, sponsored by the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado.
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Our community has had many forms of organizations, and back in 2011, I had to create this Nederland Mind Map in order to organize them in my own mind.Some people believe that we live in the mountains to get away from corporate and governmental organization. I've also sited an example where The Inter-Mountain Alliance could also be perceived as an organization determined not to fall into the trap of becoming an organization.
On May 19, 2015, the Nederland Board of Trustees unanimously approved its continued support for the #NedZero community engagement tool. This is a state-of-the-art tool to facilitate 'organized disorganization', and enhance 'distributed problem-solving'. It is ideal for a town like Nederland known for its 'local distinctiveness'. Here is a 7 minute slideshare describing how it works.
Introducing #NedZero and How to Use It from Joe Gierlach
Growth and change is inevitable. The process of becoming disorganized, then to reorganize, refreshes the system. I trust that our community will put #NedZero through rigorous and refreshing disorganization and reorganization. In addition, the Board of Trustees also puts our projects through the Nederland Planning Process (NPP) to ensure they meet the needs of our community.
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This is item 2D-09 in the #NedZero Action Plan, under D. Community Dialog.
[Here is a Video Valediction] Decades later ... and many miles away ... this is The Police performing Synchronicity II in Tokyo (2008). [What is a Video Valediction?]
