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http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust.html On 23 September 2012 20:34, Denis Postle <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 23/09/2012 14:15, George Pór wrote: > > >> Reputation metric makes me squirm. Any form of Scientific Method and I >> mean 'Form" that is attempted is dubious at best, and will fail to garner >> results. The existential chit chat with colleagues may be more useful. >> > > with all the thousands of them, with many of which I've never had and > will have a chance to mee person? > > reputation in small, face-to-face groups is easy > > Not in my experience over the last decade and a half - 'reputation', where > for instance something like civic accountability is at issue, is a > demanding form of work, or production. > > What we have found (this work is also a form of cooperative inquiry) is > that a key element in the assessing of reputation is the establishment of > trust. Trust tends to based on disclosure - you want high levels of trust - > then create a safe space where high levels of disclosure are > encouraged/tolerated - and as I have mentioned in the earlier message where > the distribution of power is also under close scrutiny by everyone involved. > > Scaling remains a question for us in IPN but this network of 150 or so > people has run on completely non-hierarchical lines for 17 years, a > treasurer, yes, but no chair, no offices. In that time there have been > around 50 national gatherings of 20-30 self-selecting people who, without > even facilitation, make decisions about resources, policy and promotion. > > Collaboration in networks of peers seems necessarily to grow from the > original kernels of creative commitment and trust, plus endless patience > with negotiation, ie lots of 'existential chit chat'. > > Denis > > > when we also want to collaborate in large, global networks of peers, > then we need something more feasible than the existential chit chat, IMHO > > george > >> >> > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Denis Postle <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Robin, >>> I don't know how you would apply it to complementary currencies but >>> various versions of the arrangements you outline have been in place for 17 >>> years in The Independent Practitioner Network [IPN] <http://i-p-n.org/>that >>> I belong to in the UK. Smaller groups than you mention, 5-8, meet >>> every six weeks or so. Their task is get to know each other well enough to >>> be able to 'stand by' their work with clients (a reputation 'metric'?). For >>> me the strong version of this derives from 'self and peer >>> assessment'<http://www.human-inquiry.com/asre.htm>based on a list of >>> mutually agreed criteria, which is what you seem to be >>> suggesting. >>> >>> I have written about this extensively, see my forthcoming book Therapy >>> Futures <http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/therapy-futures/#> and >>> previously Regulating the psychological >>> therapies.<http://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/regulating-the-psychological-therapies-from-taxonomy-to-taxidermy/#.UF63CVEpXnj> >>> >>> In my experience your assumption... >>> >>> ... that self-determination, that is, autonomy (intrinsic motivation), >>> relatedness and competence is vital for social justice where for >>> individuals to be self-determining, everyone else must be self-determining. >>> >>> ...is very sound. >>> >>> A critical other dimension is that the distribution of power is >>> constantly under scrutiny, ie that dominance and subordination are >>> eliminated. This doesn't mean that hierarchies of experience and skill are >>> eliminated but that decision making is consensual. A tough task this since >>> domination often seems to me to be in the grain of the times. >>> >>> I hope this helps >>> Denis >>> denisATpostle.net >>> >>> On 23/09/2012 01:00, robin wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> I am researching (via a PhD with the University of Tasmania) the idea of >>> a reputation metric as a currency in a complementary currency project to >>> test whether it would increase trust and other prosocial behaviours in >>> local communities but most importantly to scale up trust between people >>> that don’t know each other. What ideas do people have about how you would >>> structure a reputation metric in practice? My vague ideas at the moment are >>> that you could have resilience circles, small groups of 20 to 30 people who >>> would meet once a month. They would act as support for each other, but also >>> the group would allocate a score for individuals over the previous month >>> based on set criteria for how each have exchanged with other people whether >>> in the group or with others in different groups against the criteria which >>> would attempt to vaguely measure autonomy, competence and relatedness. My >>> research is based on the assumption that self-determination, that is, >>> autonomy (intrinsic motivation), relatedness and competence is vital for >>> social justice where for individuals to be self-determining, everyone else >>> must be self-determining. >>> >>> Any advice appreciated, eg are there are other groups that I could >>> this to that might be relevant? Do I need to supply more information? >>> Thanks & regards >>> Robin >>> >>> >>> >>> *Robin Krabbe* >>> *President - North-West Environment Centre* >>> *Convenor - Community Exchange North-West Environment Centre (CENTs)* >>> * >>> * >>> *P.O. 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