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I was so pleased to speak and discuss After Capitalism with a major corporation yesterday. It’s the first talk directly to a corporation on this topic! A nice bonus was that it was very well received and generated some interesting questions and discussion. Frankly, I was bracing myself for an indifferent or even hostile reception. It made me think about the questions we should start asking NOW as we think about After Capitalism. For those who want to get ahead of the game, what should they be thinking about? What can they start doing?
While we don’t know if our three images will resonate, we need to start thinking about “aligned and in motion.” The images provide for alignment but we need to get in motion as well. The gist of the idea is that we often think that “we’ll kick in the future-related strategy when the time comes.” A simple principle however is that it’s easier to move when you are already in motion. Our job now is help our organizations get in motion — doing something, even if very small.
Here a few questions I’ve thought about for the corporate sector. What others come to mind? And what about other sectors? Government, non-profits, education? What are some question there. If you submit, I’ll compile and share a master list … and we’ll officially be in motion:
A good place to start is asking questions? What are the small things that we can do RIGHT NOW to get ourselves in motion toward a different, After Capitalism future? Really try to think of questions relevant to the long-term future that also connect to current concerns.
- If or when should we move to a circular approach?
- Are we prepared to support a degrowth approach to our stakeholders?
- How might we reframe measures of success?
- How might we reduce inequality in our organization and make our products/services more affordable to all?
- How would we attract people to work for us if a UBI is implemented?
- How might we move to a more direct democratic approach?
- How might we incentivize innovation without a capitalist reward structure, e.g., IP protection?
I look forward to your suggestions! – Andy Hines
Loving this Andy – what a great start to get the conversation going
it is going to happen so gradually that other factors will be bigger problems for all organizations ranging from clubs to nations.
this is going to occur like the shift in commerce from agriculture to manufacturing, then manufacturing to service… most organizations will come and go before the “transition” to post capitalism completes.
capitalism solves problems that are unlikely to go away for a very long time (like when we can build large physical things and very complex things without capital – as in, there are no more barriers to entry)