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Designing solutions to energy insecurity with those most concerned
A Ouishare team accompanied the Rexel Foundation, to co-design responses to energy insecurity with those most concerned. The second step was to activate a community that could experiment with these solutions.
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In times of collapse - The keys to economic system change
Since founding Ouishare eight years ago changing the economic system stayed central to solving the biggest problems of our time. In 2019, buzzwords like Sharing Economy, Collaborative Economy, Circular Economy, Feminist Economy or Wellbeing Economy have become mainstream but the challenges have become even more pressing.
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LEX Barcelona: Learning how the sharing city of tomorrow is being designed, implemented and shaped today.
From November 12th to 15th four facilitators from Argentina and France joined for an unique Ouishare Learning Expedition (LEX) around the Smart City Expo World Congress and Sharing Cities Summit in Barcelona.
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Blurring the lines between hospitality and residential
Zoku are at the Co-Liv summit in Paris on the 11th and 12th October 2018. We were lucky enough to find some time to chat about what they do and where they see the phenomenon of co-living leading to.
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Curating an immersive experience to explore the futures of work
Following a growing partnership, Nesta invited Ouishare to be a Content Partner for FutureFest 2018 to "occupy the future" and offer radical alternative visions. We were asked to bring our unique participatory and innovative approach to event design. The result was an immersive five session program exploring The Future.s of Work like never before.
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Why we need new narratives and strategies to save the environment
The fatalist-gloomy-future narrative around climate change hasn't been compelling to mobilise enough individuals and communities for change. In response, new organisations are emerging with positive narratives and more complex strategies to tackle 'the problem' of our generation.
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Coliving as a catalyser for communities in cities
The Collective are one of the exciting contributors at the Co-Liv summit in Paris on the 11th and 12th October 2018. We were fortunate to grab a precious few minutes for a chat about what The Collective is, their mission, focus and a brief glimpse into the future of Co-Living.
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An unusual journey to self-management: Matt Black Systems Four Key Insights
Self-management is a trendy concept that is increasingly adopted by companies. What advantages provide self-management structure? How to implement it? Is this model for everyone and for every organisation?
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Happiness, failure and vulnerability: what are organisations missing?
Is happiness something that you find, or that you become? Should workplace happiness be the responsibility of the employee or a company’s duty? If we all value different things, how can companies create a suitable environment for all?
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3 insights on the Future(s) of Work following our collaboration at FutureFest 2018
Last July 6th, Ouishare hosted the program of the Explore Stage at Nesta's FutureFest. Here are three key insights that we took home...
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Flexible institutions for a fast-changing world
The time has come to convert the public administrations into flexible, distributed spaces with a shared purpose and meaning.
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Supporting a city in the prefiguration of a Third Place
At the beginning of 2018, we assisted the city of Marmande and the Val de Garonne tourist office in the prefiguration of a hybrid venue dedicated to the future of festivals on a 40,000m2 industrial wasteland. This prefiguration phase aimed to define the conditions of feasibility and success of the project, to launch a community while proposing a pre-operational scenario. Abandoned since 2009, this wasteland is destined to become a place of emergence for the creative industries.
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