In the glass-walled conference rooms of Silicon Valley and the elite salons of San Francisco, a new vision of American governance is taking shape. Tech industry leaders, venture capitalists, and their political allies are increasingly embracing a...
This continues our look at the book, The Starfish and the Spider. A champion is relentless in promotion a new idea.‚ Catalysts are charismatic, but champions take it to the next level.‚ A catalyst’s charisma has a sublety to it.‚ Catalysts...
This continues our look at the book, The Starfish and the Spider. According to the authors, the second of the five legs in a decentralized organization is the catalyst. This is a very important leg because this is a major part of the formation of...
We’ll be looking over the next few weeks at the book, The Starfish and the Spider.‚ To begin our discussion of this book, I want to list the eight principles of a decentralized system they describe in the book.‚ The are essential to our look...
We often find ourselves running from the system.‚ The system creates for us an unbearable expression of authority, crying to be deconstructed and reconstructed.‚ To do so would require the approval of those who operate the system and thrive in its...
This continues our look at the book, The Starfish and the Spider. All catalysts draw upon similar tools. Genuine Interest in Others. To a catalyst, people are like walking novels. Information that most of us barely listen to is pure gold to a...