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Collaboratives
Form the Unit That Builds the Commitment Economy
Where Individual Autonomy Meets Shared Commitments
You can coordinate without hierarchy, without corporate structure, and without giving up your autonomy. A Collaborative is how people in the Commitment Economy organise around shared Commitments and real accountability.
Design Your Collaborative
You can create a coordination structure that protects individual autonomy while binding everyone to shared Commitments. In a Collaborative Agreement you'll establish clear decision-making, a shared compass, and structured approaches for navigating Tensions as they arise. This is a living document you build together.
What becomes possible:
Clarity without hierarchy
You know your Commitments, the shared purpose, and how decisions happen
Structured rhythm
Commitment Sessions keep alignment strong and Contribution Sessions keep reward distibution fair
Act together while keeping agency
You maintain autonomy within agreements you've designed together
Turn Tension into evolution
Structured approaches for converting friction into system improvement
Traditional hierarchy vs Collaborative coordination
Form Your Collaborative
Explore: Who Are We?
You start by discovering what each person brings. You surface your individual essence, strengths, what matters to each of you, and what kind of Collaborative you want to form. Grounded in real identity, not roles assigned by a hierarchy.
Agree: What do we commit to?
You design your Collaborative Agreement together. This becomes the foundation that protects everyone's autonomy while binding the group to shared Commitments and measurable consequence.
Commit: We're building this together
You engage in regular Commitment Sessions and Contribution Sessions. Commitment Sessions maintain alignment and identity. Contribution Sessions track follow-through and accountability. Together they keep the Collaborative honest.
Your Collaborative Agreement
A living compass centered around your partnership with three key elements:
Impact
What you're creating together
Motivation
Why this work matters to each of you
Approach
How you'll create it
You use this compass to evaluate opportunities and navigate changes as you progress.
Access Sovereign Assets Through Your Collaborative
You can access and operate shared resources such as buildings, land, tools, or infrastructure, held in stewardship by the Foundation, not owned by anyone. Your Collaborative gets rights of use through rental agreements. The assets stay non-capturable.
When your Collaborative is ready, you operate these resources without ownership burdens, creating spaces where your work flourishes while the infrastructure permanently serves everyone who built it.
Your Collaborative Agreement provides the accountability structure that makes this stewardship possible.
What you can access
Non-capturable infrastructure
Access tools, spaces, and resources that no one can own, extract from, or capture. Generate income through assets whose returns flow back through the system, not out of it
Sustainable revenue opportunities through the use of Sovereign Assets
Generate income while providing value to broader communities
Connection to a global network of Collaboratives
Coordinate with Collaboratives across borders who share Commitments and Sovereign Assets
Build infrastructure that serves future Collaboratives
Create Sovereign Assets that remain non-capturable and available long after your Collaborative's work is done
Ready to Form or Join a Collaborative?
For Learning & Development
Join a Training Session
Register your interest for upcoming workshops where you can experience the Collaborative formation process firsthand and connect with others building the Commitment Economy.
For Active Collaboratives
Whether you're looking to access Sovereign Assets or connect with the growing network of Collaboratives, registration opens doors to resources and coordination opportunities.
Choose your path:
Access Sovereign Assets
Operate non-capturable infrastructure through rental agreements.
Propose New Sovereign Assets
Submit proposals for new infrastructure your Collaborative could operate and the Foundation would hold in stewardship.
Join the Network:
Connect with other Collaboratives and explore shared Commitments across borders