Project management consulting and training for social change organisations.
I met Jason Diceman tonight — Jason runs a small business called Co-op Tools, a technology and consulting practice focused exclusively on helping co-operative organizations with their group communication needs.
It was really interesting to talk with him — his goal with Co-op Tools is to provide his clients with technologies and techniques that make real democracy (i.e. democracy based on consensus decision making) possible for co-operative organizations (i.e. organizations mandated to operate democratically by definition).
It was inspiring to meet someone who has based his professional life on his personal values and ideals — I hope to see you again soon, Jason!
I've attached a very interesting slide to this entry — this is the "meta-topics" matrix Phil Dwyer was involved in developing a little while back. This matrix provides "importance weightings" for 39 social issues relative to 5 meta-topics (ecodesign, globalization, human/animal rights, pollution and sustainable agriculture).
Based on this matrix (and the research that went into developing it), climate change and nuclear power/weapons are the 2 issues that rank most important, as they both relate to all 5 meta-topics in one way or another.
But how were the meta-topics selected for the purposes of this matrix? Phil, can you comment?
