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Civil Ecology Enterprise Networks

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What are Commons Societies?

New legal business structures that facilitate an evolution beyond individual social enterprises
Not merely a group of social enterprises working under single ownership
But an innovative collaborative structure that facilitates new levels of efficacy and relatedness leveraging economic and civil value – even for those not directly involved
Allowing entrepreneurial freedom to flourish whilst facilitating an economy for the common good

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The first example of this new structure is the Elysia Commons Society

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Whilst sharing common aims Social Enterprises and Commons Societies are distinct one from the other

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Social Enterprise & Commons Societies

Social Enterprise is a significant response to creating responsible business that balances individual and community needs
Social Enterprises and Commons Societies are aligned in their intentions and values
Holding wider context and commons values in their aims and actions e.g. in terms of economic, social and environmental sustainability

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Single vs. Multiple Generative Streams

A Social Enterprise can be thought of as a single ‘stream’, a dynamic and adaptive flow of values in action
A Commons Society is a series of such streams interwoven by the cross linking of organizational entities
Social enterprise is able to respond to the socio-cultural context in which it sits. However, a Commons Society is able to generate an internal cultural environment and domestic economy within its structural network of relationships. Thereby additional shared value is leveraged through enhanced collaboration
Like a city or a bee hive, it is possible to conceive of successful civil ecology networks as a single entity – as a purposeful society

Like a bee hive, a civil ecology network can be seen as a single entity – a purposeful society

Managing complexity to deliver better decision making

Leveraging Added Value

The networked Commons Corporation is more complex
Complexity enhances the capacity for adaptability, responsiveness and resilience
Every organization in the Commons Society is operating directly in society as a whole
However, like an outlying archipelago, the Commons Society stretches around them providing protection from the waves and wind.
There is more time to think
There is more data available
There is more time and resources available to work out the best course of action ( See “Eyes Wide Open” by economist Noreena Hertz)
However, purpose is aligned and protected, so motives are never split and decision making is simplified

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