Open Source Economic Development

Open Source Economic Development applies successful practices adopted in the open source software industry to strengthen creativity, collaboration and communication for community and economic development. 
The components listed below help communities build capacity in Open Source Economic Development:
  • Principles guide strategic network building, collaboration and enterprise. Learn More...
  • The Innovation Framework is a guide for entrepreneurs, scientists and business leaders to successfully navigate a shift in mindset from scarcity to abundance in Open Source Economic Development. Learn More...
  • Civic Forums create the open, neutral spaces in our communities and regions for civic entrepreneurs to share important new conversations about new opportunities in innovation and enterprise. Learn More...
  • Strategic Initiatives are integrated design projects inspired by the insights and innovations of civic entrepreneurs.
  • Strategic Doing is a simple but disciplined process to develop those ideas into actionable next steps to generate transformative enterprises quickly. Learn More...
  • Strategic Activities focus attention and investment in four areas. Learn More...
Speaker: Ed Morrison, Co-Founder, I-Open

 Open Source Economic Development is a set of models, tools and disciplines that enable diverse groups of people to engage in complex development projects in "the civic space". 
It's based on the open source software development model, which encourages the formation of voluntary open innovation networks. Through a set of simple rules, a complex community evolves to develop complex projects. These rules balance open participation with leadership direction. Economic development takes place in a civic space outside the four walls of any one organization. In the civic space, no command and control system works. Instead, we must build and align resources through networks. In order to scale these networks, we need a set of practices and tools that deliver value to the participants, while at the same time are simple to teach.
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