Tag: generativity
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From Generativity to Generosity: What’s at the core of these new business practices?
I’m experimenting with shifting from generativity to generosity to describe what’s unique about the business processes I’ve been studying, trying to distill these ideas into a form that’s simple and easy to convey. Can the term generosity carry these ideas well? At the very core of generativity is the concept of generosity. It’s not for nothing…
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What Makes Digital Tech Companies Models of Generativity?
Buffer, WordPress, AirBnB, Waze, LoveWithFood, ModCloth, Etsy— so many of the organizations I’m using as examples of generative businesses share a similar profile: They are relatively small, young, organized around a core software process or product, filled with coders and developers, and part of a specific tech community. Why is generativity such a defining part…
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What’s a Generative Organization?
What word captures the central quality of a Boost organization? Generative. What word seems weird to a whole lot of business people? Generative. Funny how that works. Now, what to do about it? I had a very smart friend read over my book proposal, and he said that the word ‘generative’, along with the corresponding…