Pamela's Blog

Holacracy is a way of structuring an evolving organisation and Dadamac is an evolving organisation (see Why Dadamac knows where it's going - but can't say where it begins or ends ) I'm calling the current Dadamac version "Holacracy Lite", because we haven't learned how to implement the full version properly yet. To date I'm the person in Dadamac who knows most about Holacracy - and I've only been on the one-day, introductory course. There is much more to be learned. What I bring to Dadamac Holacracy Lite is my enthusiasm, the Holacracy Workshop Handbook that I brought back from...

SumOfUs writes - What happens when small farmers in Guatemala save seeds from one year to the next, as they have for centuries? They get up to four years in prison. That’s according to the “Monsanto Law,” which was recently struck down by Guatemala’s highest court. But now Monsanto is saying the law is required under free trade deals, and it's likely only a matter of time before it launches a wave of lawsuits to force Guatemala to give in. Developing nations like Guatemala have no chance against a corporate superpower like Monsanto -- that's why we're standing with Guatemala...

It's Blog Action Day, and this year the topic is "Inequality", hence these thoughts on inequality and invisibility on the Internet: Hype about the Internet suggests that we live in a connected world. Hype about mobile phones suggests that, even where direct Internet connectivity is still problematic, smart phones are plugging any remaining gaps. Hype suggests that even in rural areas across the globe people can all be equally on line and equally visible to each other. Imagine if that was true. What if there was true equality of access to the Internet ? How would it be if grass-roots...

Effective development happens when financial capital and social capital are combined appropriately. Financial capital is needed, obviously, for things that need to be bought. But there are things that can't be bought. Social capital provides those things that can't be bought - reputation, trust, local knowledge and networks, fluency in local languages, understanding of (and being part of) local culture, vision based on insights about local opportunities and challenges. The disconnect Sadly, but understandably, there is often a disconnect between financial capital and social capital. The disconnect can be particularly challenging if the financial capital and the social capital are...

Starting point - Dadamac and I are inextricably entwined. If there had not been a Pamela McLean there would not have been a Dadamac. Questions: The question is If I (or circumstance) separated Pamela McLean from Dadamac what would remain? Sub questions are: Would there be a Dadamac without me? (I hope so, but I want to ensure so) Does it matter? Does Dadamac have any value to anyone other than to me? Is it anything more than an absorbing and extravagant hobby that has taken over my life? Would there be a "me" without Dadamac? (Given how much it...