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'''Do what you do best, cooperate on the rest.'''
== What are we trying to accomplish? ==
We want our [[members]] to be able to focus on what makes them uniquely valuable to the people they serve.

This means supporting our members by taking on those tasks which fall outside their organizations core strengths.

== Why? ==
Many tasks that are required to run a [[Success|successful]] organization distract from the [[Core Strength|core strength]] that makes it that organization [[Value|valuable]] to its community or customers.

In small organizations these tasks often do not add up to a full time work load and can divide the attention of a specialist in another area.

For every task there is someone with a passion and talent for it. Combining together the work load of several smaller organizations allows us to all benefit from expertise.

== How ==
By combining the workload of several smaller organizations together to higher the passionate and dedicated specialist they need.

== Values ==

=== [[Transparency]] ===
Good communication is how we earn trust.

=== [[Continuous Improvement]] ===
Problem solving and constantly expanding our tool set is how we getting better at getting better.

=== [[Connection]] ===
Getting to know the members of our group gives us the opportunity to connect them with each other and grow together as a local community.

Value

2025-03-27T23:28:34Z

David: Added areas that need to be covered to the draft

Many of the things that we value most are are not monetary.

== Cost ==

== Monetization ==

== Commoditization ==

== Value Add ==

== Abstraction ==

Calendar

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Calendar

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Calendar

2025-03-25T18:53:56Z

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Calendar

2025-03-25T18:50:56Z

David: Trying to embed a calendar

System

2025-03-23T21:49:47Z

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<blockquote>“an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organised in a way that achieves something” (in Meadows, Donella H; Wright,

D. (2009). System Thinking: A Primer)</blockquote><blockquote>“Systems thinking leads to another conclusion, however, waiting, shining, obvious, as soon as we stop being blinded by the illusion of control. It says that there is plenty to do, of a different sort of “doing.” The future can’t be predicted, but it can be envisioned and brought lovingly into being. Systems can’t be controlled, but they can be designed and redesigned. We can’t surge forward with certainty into a world of no surprises, but we can expect surprises and learn from them and even profit from them. We can’t impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our values can work together to bring forth something much better than could ever be produced by our will alone.”</blockquote>

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2025-03-22T18:16:43Z

David: added link to systems

[https://local-strength.org/survey/1000 Are you looking to fill out the survey?]

'''Do what you do best, cooperate on the rest.'''

Human needs are at the root of every [[system]]. The flow of materials and the application of labor are critical to meeting those needs and allowing people to flourish.

== What are we trying to accomplish? ==
We want our [[members]] to be able to focus on what makes them uniquely valuable to the people they serve.

This means supporting our members by taking on those tasks which fall outside their organizations core strengths.

== Why? ==
Many tasks that are required to run a [[Success|successful]] organization distract from the [[Core Strength|core strength]] that makes it that organization [[Value|valuable]] to its community or customers.

In small organizations these tasks often do not add up to a full time work load and can divide the attention of a specialist in another area.

For every task there is someone with a passion and talent for it. Combining together the work load of several smaller orgs allows us to all benefit from expertise.

== How ==
By combining the workload of several smaller organizations together to higher the passionate and dedicated specialist they need.

== Values ==

=== [[Transparency]] ===
Good communication is how we earn trust.

=== [[Continuous Improvement]] ===
Problem solving and constantly expanding our tool set is how we getting better at getting better.

=== [[Connection]] ===
Getting to know the members of our group gives us the opportunity to connect them with each other and grow together as a local community.

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2025-03-22T18:15:45Z

David: Editing

[https://local-strength.org/survey/1000 Are you looking to fill out the survey?]

'''Do what you do best, cooperate on the rest.'''

Human needs are at the root of every system. The flow of materials and the application of labor are critical to meeting those needs and allowing people to flourish.

== What are we trying to accomplish? ==
We want our [[members]] to be able to focus on what makes them uniquely valuable to the people they serve.

This means supporting our members by taking on those tasks which fall outside their organizations core strengths.

== Why? ==
Many tasks that are required to run a [[Success|successful]] organization distract from the [[Core Strength|core strength]] that makes it that organization [[Value|valuable]] to its community or customers.

In small organizations these tasks often do not add up to a full time work load and can divide the attention of a specialist in another area.

For every task there is someone with a passion and talent for it. Combining together the work load of several smaller orgs allows us to all benefit from expertise.

== How ==
By combining the workload of several smaller organizations together to higher the passionate and dedicated specialist they need.

== Values ==

=== [[Transparency]] ===
Good communication is how we earn trust.

=== [[Continuous Improvement]] ===
Problem solving and constantly expanding our tool set is how we getting better at getting better.

=== [[Connection]] ===
Getting to know the members of our group gives us the opportunity to connect them with each other and grow together as a local community.

Crown Shyness

2025-03-21T21:15:53Z

David: Added text and context

[[File:River of Blue.jpg|thumb|Taken form [[commons:File:River_of_Blue.jpg#filelinks|Wikimedia Commons]]]]
Crown shyness

== Filling a niche ==
The unique value offered by an organization to the community

== Carrying Capacity ==
Each niche within a community, weather that is a demand for coffee or homeless shelters has a fluctuating demand. Each type of service or product has different rates of change and different shapes to their curve. A durable product will eventually saturate the market it is being sold into and the demand will decline, shrinking the niche.

This can be good or bad depending on the need. Reduced consumption of kitchen appliances reduces the volume of materials being used which can be a good thing.

== Competition ==

File:River of Blue.jpg

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_of_Blue.jpg#filelinks

Connection

2025-03-21T20:58:01Z

David: Added new concept

The mycelial network that move resources around a community, ensuring that each organization has the resources that it needs to thrive.

[[Crown Shyness]]

Connection

2025-03-21T03:04:55Z

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The mycelial network that move resources around a community, ensuring that each organization has the resources that it needs to thrive.

Continuous Improvement

2025-03-21T03:02:01Z

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Growing not by revenue but in value to the community.

== Baldrige Performance Excellence Program ==

== Process Framework ==

== Lean ==

== TWI ==

Transparency

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== Tools ==

== Process Documentation ==

== Reporting ==

== Documentation ==

Members

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== Benefits ==

== Requirements ==

== Applications ==

Core Strength

2025-03-21T02:55:45Z

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The thing that makes an organization special, the unique value it offers to the community

Success

2025-03-21T02:53:52Z

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Defining success by something other than profit.

Community impact

Value

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== Cost ==

== Monetization ==

== Commoditization ==

Services

2025-03-20T01:36:35Z

David: Added a bit of context

Any service provided by a for profit entity necessarily extracts a profit or rent from the customer who uses it. The more interfaces an organization has between internal and external - the greater the amount of value that extracted from that organization. [[The Scorpion and the Fox]]

Forming a network of shared services allows local organizations to receive the benefits of outsourcing some tasks which do not have sufficient work load to support a full time specialist. As a cooperative member is an owner these services are provided at [[Cost]]

Services

2025-03-20T01:13:40Z

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Any service provided by a for profit company necessarily extracts a profit or rent from the customer who uses it. The more interfaces an organization has between internal and external - the greater the amount of value that extracted from that organization.

Main Page

2025-03-20T00:54:24Z

David: Added corny tag line

Do what you do best, cooperate on the rest.

[https://local-strength.org/survey/1000 Are you looking to fill out the survey?]

== Why? ==
Many tasks are required to run a [[Success|successful]] organization distract from the [[Core Strength|core strength]] that makes it [[Value|valuable]] to its community or customers.

In small organizations these tasks often do not add up to a full time work load and can divide the attention of a specialist in another area.

== What are we trying to accomplish? ==
We want our [[members]] to be able to focus on what makes them uniquely valuable to the people they serve.

This means supporting our members by taking on those tasks which fall outside their organizations core strengths.

== How ==
By combining the workload of several smaller organizations together to higher the passionate and dedicated specialist they need.

== Values ==

=== [[Transparency]] ===
Good communication is how we earn trust.

=== [[Continuous Improvement]] ===
Problem solving and constantly expanding our tool set is how we getting better at getting better.

=== [[Connection]] ===
Getting to know the members of our group gives us the opportunity to connect them with each other and grow together as a local community.