Enspiral started with a vision to support more people to spend their lives working to solve the greatest challenges of our time.
Since inception, we’ve been testing ways of working together with trust and respect to share money, information and control as openly as possible. As a community, we’ve supported hundreds of people
to launch and build all sorts of initiatives, projects and world-changing ventures.
We’re committed to continuing to learn and grow our positive impact together.
The Enspiral Foundation is a charitable company co-owned by the Enspiral Members. Its mission is to support the network as a whole, facilitate collaboration between the people and ventures, and further the overall social mission of Enspiral.
People
From the About section on LeanPub:
Richard Bartlett is one of the co-founders of Loomio, an open-source software tool for collaborative decision-making. He’s also a Catalyst at Enspiral: a network of self-organising companies who have been working without bosses since 2010. Most recently he co-founded The Hum, a small consulting company to share practical guidance for decentralised organisations.
He’s passionate about co-ownership, self-management, collaborative governance, and other ways of sneaking anarchism into respectable places.
He is the author of the (work-in-progress) book Patterns for Decentralised Organising
Web Properties
Recent Content
Last 50 posts on own channels (YouTube, Podcast, Medium or Website/Blog):
Being in the Living World – Enspiral Podcast with Mark Kroening
Published on: 17 May 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Summerfest 2023 – Memento
Published on: 26 Apr 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Peer Support Pods – Enspiral Podcast with Nati Lombardo
Published on: 19 Apr 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Digital Engagement – Enspiral Podcast with Ulrich Schur and Nick Tucker
Published on: 12 Apr 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Designing Serious Games – Enspiral Podcast with Hailey Cooperrider
Published on: 5 Apr 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Assembly Sprints – Enspiral Podcast with John Gieryn
Published on: 29 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Writing Online – Enspiral Podcast with Richard D. Bartlett
Published on: 22 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Iterations of Enspiral – Enspiral Podcast with Joshua Vial
Published on: 17 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Meaningful Fun on Twitter – Enspiral Podcast with Silvia Bastos
Published on: 14 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Exploring Embodiment – Enspiral Podcast with Emily Smith
Published on: 8 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
The Guide for Newcomers – Enspiral Podcast with Nick Tucker
Published on: 7 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Writing Good Agreements – Enspiral Podcast with Dan Lewis
Published on: 6 Mar 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
What is a Network Catalyst? with Joriam Ramos
Published on: 24 Feb 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Winter Gathering 2023 – Memento
Published on: 20 Feb 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Europe: Weaving Connection with Brigit Rosestraten
Published on: 31 Jan 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Inter-Node Coherence in Enspiral with Francesca Pick
Published on: 29 Jan 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Europe Node: Origins with Nati Lombardo
Published on: 29 Jan 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Europe: Governance Playground with Dan Lewis
Published on: 29 Jan 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral Europe: Building & Spending Trust with Rich D. Bartlett
Published on: 29 Jan 23 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
For DAOs, with Love
Published on: 14 Sep 22 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Anthony Cabraal
Enspiral Europe Node Agreement – conversation Aug 25 2022
Published on: 25 Aug 22 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Board Meeting – Discussing Node Requirements – Aug 25 2022
Published on: 25 Aug 22 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Let’s keep doing better work together
Published on: 2 May 22 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Anthony Cabraal
Enspiral External Update — June 2021
Published on: 11 Jun 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
What is next?
Published on: 18 May 21 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Doris Zuur
Matariki* Enspiral Winter Retreat, Riverslea Centre, Otaki, 2–4 July 2021
Published on: 11 May 21 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Doris Zuur
Enspiral External Update — May 2021
Published on: 7 May 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — April 2021
Published on: 5 Apr 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — March 2021
Published on: 16 Mar 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — February 2021
Published on: 11 Feb 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — January 2021
Published on: 6 Jan 21 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — December 2020
Published on: 8 Dec 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — November 2020
Published on: 12 Nov 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — October 2020
Published on: 9 Oct 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — September 2020
Published on: 16 Sep 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
MVB meeting August 13th
Published on: 11 Sep 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — August 2020
Published on: 11 Aug 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Bringing Your Authentic Stories to Work
Published on: 24 Jul 20 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Alina Siegfried
Enspiral External Update — July 2020
Published on: 14 Jul 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Enspiral External Update — June 2020
Published on: 16 Jun 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Making your organization more resilient
Published on: 12 May 20 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Loomio
Enspiral External Update — May 2020
Published on: 5 May 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Special Enspiral Hope-in-pandemic Update — April 2020
Published on: 24 Apr 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Sharing power by sharing money: the evolution of collaborative funding in Enspiral
Published on: 9 Mar 20 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Francesca Pick
Enspiral External Update — February 2020
Published on: 4 Feb 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
What is Enspiral?:
Published on: 21 Jan 20 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Rebellious Data
Enspiral External Update — January 2020
Published on: 10 Jan 20 in EnSpiral – YouTube
by Enspiral
Solidarity pods
Published on: 3 Jan 20 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Nigel Taptiklis
Seeking impact? Be small, smart and highly connected
Published on: 20 Dec 19 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Nigel Taptiklis
A very short story about peace
Published on: 17 Dec 19 in EnSpiral – Medium
by Richard D. Bartlett
Reflections from a decade of building decentralised organisations.This is a 3 part article for people building DAOs trying to solve meaningful problems.It has been written to share learnings and reflections
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This post was originally published here on betterworktogether.co. Stay in touch as we curate and share tools, methods and stories from the frontiers of collaboration and organisation building at https://do.betterworktogether.co/Back
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Photo credit Bob ZuurA permaculture approach to landscaping your life!Have you ever felt like you were at a crossroads in your life? Or are you standing at one right now? And did
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Invitation to members, contributors and invited guests/children/dependants**You are warmly invited to register by Sunday 6 June for this year’s retreat.Details:Venue: Riverslea Retreat Centre, 733 Otaki George Road, 5582 OtakiDate and time:From Friday 2
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Authentic Stories in the WorkplaceOn the importance of systems-change leaders bringing their whole selves to work.Photo by Toa Heftiba on UnsplashIn many organisational settings, there is an unspoken agreement of separation between
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Making your organization more resilient with self-managementWe are fortunate to support many incredible organizations — each with their own particular management styles — and it’s not uncommon for us to adopt practices from groups
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Enspiral is a network of entrepreneurs and freelancers whose mission is to help more people work on stuff that matters. Since 2013, we have been practising collaborative funding to allocate
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And is it doing what it has set out to do?Enspiral and Rebellious Data LogosEnspiral defies simple explanation. It is many things to many people at once. It is a mutual aid
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Anakiwa, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Photo: Outward Bound NZSelf-organised support groups for compulsive world changersResources:Self-organised sensemaking — regular meeting processSensemaking retrospectiveFinding your way in life is tough. Feeling like you’re alone is really tough. Working
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Are you concerned about the nature and climate crisis and thinking how can I turn my city around?Or are you seeing something awesome emerge and thinking this is great but it’s
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Photo of Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) by Peter HammerA lot of 1st-time visitors to Aotearoa New Zealand have an experience they can’t articulate e.g. they might say “I feel like I’ve come
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Enspiral Story Dojo #03 — “The Saviour” and other lies we tell childrenStory by Rupert SnookHere comes the hero… Yeah, sureImagine this. A friend is having a hard time, and you want to support them.
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Do you have an idea, project or business that can help reduce carbon emissions in Wellington? 💡⚡Time to apply for Low Carbon Challenge 2017!! Wellington City Council is supporting awesome low carbon initiatives that are working in: 🏡 Housing and building 🚌 Transport 🚮 Waste ⚡ Energy 6 teams will be chosen and awarded a $1000 stipend to get started.
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ActionStation has just announced FOUR paid roles working on their election campaign. Are you keen? They are looking for a Researcher, Visual Designer, Creative Writer and Digital Marketing Specialist to help put a more fair, just, beautiful and inclusive vision for Aotearoa on the table. If you are looking to work on stuff that matters – check out the attached
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Are you a solo entrepreneur or freelancer who is missing a deeper sense of purpose and connection? Are you looking to collectivise and build your tribe. You might be exploring co-working or looking for aligned collaborators? Then Better Work Together is the book for you. Co-Authored with love by 11 passionate Enspiral folks, it will show you how to transform
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Enspiral updated their cover photo.
Hello everyone! One of our friends of Enspiral has an opportunity to help start their game/platform co-op for innovative civic engagement. It’s a virtual country called Showupia! It puts people in power and lets them capture politicians like Pokemon. It teaches people about democracy and community organizing. They just started their crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. If this sounds interesting and
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Enspiral updated their cover photo.
Hey friends. The time has come to fire up our comms and deliver you a fresh newsletter, direct to your inbox once a month. In it you’ll find news and updates from our members and contributors, you’ll learn about upcoming Enspiral events, what our ventures are up to and how you can get involved and replicate what we for yourself
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So wonderful to receive written reviews of our Better Work Together like this one https://people.iola.dk/arj/2019/04/26/book-review-better-work-together/ It means a lot to us authors and contributors to know our book is resonating.Book review: Better work together | Blog of Anders Rune Jensenpeople.iola.dkBlog Book review: Better work together April 26, 2019 Anders Rune Jensen 1 Comment A few weeks ago I finished a
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Have you heard about Enspiral’s first book ‘Better Work Together’? If in your guts you know there must be a better way to earn your income, if you’ve seen glimpses or felt tingles that a radically different way of doing work is possible, if you can see the old ways crumbling and are looking for whoever is working out what
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This story is part of a new series called Enspiral Story Dojo, a place of tales about practice and transformation into a life with more meaningful work. This tale was about (and co-written by) Renato Inácio, a designer and permaculture enthusiast living in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. Narrative support by Joriam Philipe, Enspiral catalyst.https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/enspiral-story-dojo-01-the-house-builds-you-f73b64a75edeEnspiral Story Dojo #01 —
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We fully support getting behind Generation Zero Generation Zero to fuel their last push to secure a high quality version of the Zero Carbon Act in New Zealand! GenZero has ignited a huge movement for urgent action on climate change. From GenZero’s origins of a few young people in 2010, growing to a nationwide team of 200 mobilizing over 13,000
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RNZ on the recent CoHousing hui Enspiral hosted in collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington.Co-housing the key to closed property markets?www.radionz.co.nzIf you believe the hype, co-housing could be the way of the future.
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Dear Friends of Enspiral. The second ever newsletter just got sent and it is all about how we as a global network make sure we stay connected and keep on Enspiralling together. You can read it here https://mailchi.mp/7618d82b43e1/welcome-dear-friend-of-enspiral-3468869 If you’re not on our mailing list sign up here https://mailchi.mp/enspiral/friends so you get fresh updates each month from our network and
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Excellent blog post written by Anthony Cabraal “I think how we work better together is a challenge that all of us must face. It does not matter what institution we work in, what startup we are building, what organisations or movements we lead in whatever sector. Better Work Together aims to create a signal that something different is possible in
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Keen to learn more about the future of work? Then join our Enspiral contributors Sandra Otto and Sandra Chemin during #NZTechWeek at one or both of their workshops. One explores “lifelong learning” https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2019/better-work-together-turn-your-workplace-into-a-lifelong-learning-lab-497/ The second one explores “culture and leadership for purpose-led collaboration” https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2019/future-of-work-how-to-create-a-culture-that-accelerates-collaboration-and-innovation-496/ If you wish to come, or know any curious people in People & Culture, Learning &
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We’d love to know what you think of our first shot at sharing more of our Enspiral Network updates from our community with you in this awesome video made by our Catalyst Joriam Philipe He covers off on what’s happening in the network, great articles we’e reading, upcoming events and more. We do this every month within our network and
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Enspiral added a button to help you learn more about them.www.facebook.com
RT @michalkorzonek: Right when we stopped recording, @joshuavial shared: “Things that grow slow last a long time.” 🌳 Here’s the story of @enspiral – and a possible path of turning the desire to create good in the world into a long lasting positive impact network. https://youtu.be/6BXDVbGjcuE
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RT @DanAlexiLewis: My experiment with generosity this year is to coach people for free who otherwise can’t afford it If the person is in @enspiral than I ask them to double their contribution as I have alternative value flows back to me I may start a Patreon next year to support free coaching https://twitter.com/michalkorzonek/status/1636013440207552513
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RT @michalkorzonek: Why am I bullish on @enspiral ? ⚡️ (a short thread with a few reflections from my ~2 years in the network)
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Our latest newsletter just went out to our friends of Enspiral. If you want to check out it’s goodness and learn what’s going on in the network, with our special new video, then read it here https://mailchi.mp/9bdcecd2f8fd/welcome-dear-friend-of-enspiral-3486521
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Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 work skill of the future—but most fail to realize it https://cnb.cx/2pZxDsw
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We’d love to know what you think of our first shot at sharing more of our Enspiral Network updates from our community with you in this awesome video that covers off on what’s happening in the network, great articles we’e reading, upcoming events and more https://youtu.be/FP3Qv6fPlss
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RT @DevAcademyNZ: What role do social entrepreneurs play in experimenting where the government can’t? Rather than seeing social entrepreneurship and government at opposing ends – how do we see them as complementary? Our Ops Lead, Gina, will explore further at #GOVIS2019 http://www.govis.org.nz/
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Get behind @genzeronz to fuel their last push to secure a high quality version of the Zero Carbon Act in New Zealand! GenZero has ignited a huge movement for urgent action on climate change. Learn more here https://blog.loomio.org/…/05/22/the-zero-carbon-act-we-need/
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RT @LombardoNati: If you are interested in #decentralised #collaboration and #regenerative_economy this will be a great event to join! @solarpunk_girl and I from @enspiral will be the facilitators. Don’t miss this chance to connect with like minded people and help to build a positive future! https://twitter.com/open_coop/status/1127957681241767936
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Love this inspiration provided by @kendallflutey from @banqer_app who bring financial education to life in your classroom https://twitter.com/DevAcademyNZ/status/1128914759305220101
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Come along to our Enspiral meetup in Wellington on May 28 – https://www.loomio.org/d/cXJFNRfh/wellington-enspiral-meetup-may-28-6pm-7-30-eda
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I believe the story of our greatest impact will be through the tools, processes and practical blueprints for organising and supporting ourselves to work together differently — as a community- great post by Ants @Whiskey_Fix read the full version here https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/better-work-together-3dd4e5175a67
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Brilliant share from within our network so thought you’d like it to. Take the #mycreativetype quiz to discover your type. https://mycreativetype.com/
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Friends of Enspiral is our brand new public newsletter coming out shortly! Be sure to sign up for updates, news, upcoming events and more, right here https://mailchi.mp/enspiral/friends
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We are so thrilled that people are loving our new book from 11 Enspiral Coauthors. Get your copy at http://betterworktogether.co https://twitter.com/francescapick/status/1095995207580028928
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RT @solarpunk_girl: @enspiral is not an incubator or accelerator. It’s a network with a decentralised organisational structure, where our ultimate key factor is how we are organised: all hierarchy barriers are removed, to make a truly collaborative business structure https://ourgoodbrands.com/?p=4424
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RT @rosathethompson: An unbelievable talk by @alannairving @Enspiral ~ Growing A New Economy ~ New Frontiers https://youtu.be/D-IZVlgnTFc #neweconomy
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Great to be named one of the #FutureOfWork Award Winners by @theRSAorg in London! https://twitter.com/theRSAorg/status/1093064345133686784
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RT @ginarembe: Winning Is for Losers: @enspiral and the Politics of Consent— How a collective in New Zealand is pointing the way to social change from the bottom up https://medium.com/s/douglas-rushkoff/winning-is-for-losers-enspiral-and-the-politics-of-consent-1be0ba87f634
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RT @markjhooper: Gotta say – I love how @enspiral work….. check them out, if you haven’t heard of them before… Self-organising, Democratic, non-hierarchical… #FutureOfWorkAwards @theRSAorg
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Enspiral won a #FutureOfWork award from @theRSAorg! Thank you RSA, we’re very humbled to be picked amongst so many impressive initiatives. Well done to all of the other winners too 👏👏👏
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