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Digital Taylorism: Labour between Passion & Serendipity

DS Danyl Strype Public Seen by 139

CoWorking spaces began with both utopian and pragmatic goals, but like any potentially subversive new trend, its surface appearances (hotdesks, bean bags, pool tables etc) have been used as PR fodder by an increasingly financialized business world. An increasingly precarious gig economy, facilitated by digitization, is being represented as a spontaneous product of workers bringing 'creativity' into workplaces. Sebastian Olma describes this as "Digital Taylorism" in a blog piece published by the Institute of Network Cultures.

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Poll Created Wed 25 Apr 2018 12:28PM

Representations of commons organisation Closed Wed 9 May 2018 12:02PM

Should we open a thread here on Representations of commons organisation, to include pattern language but also comparing other (text/hypertext) forms such as wiki? This seems like basic literacy for commoners? And diagrams as well as words is an important principle?

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Yes, a thread 33.3% 3  
Yes, diagrams 33.3% 3  
Yes, pattern language 33.3% 3  
Undecided 0% 0  

4 of 4 people have participated (100%)

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Anonymous Thu 26 Apr 2018 6:52AM

Yes, a thread
Yes, diagrams

I'm in the middle about pattern language. Good idea, but could it be phrased in an inclusive way which appeals also to those people who are not familiar with pattern language?

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Stacco Troncoso Sat 28 Apr 2018 2:49PM

All members can open threads, of course. But maybe @mikeh8 wanted a temperature check before opening it? The poll seems like a good idea.

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mike_hales Sat 28 Apr 2018 8:49PM

Thanks Strypey, it's not that I'm reluctant to open threads. I just wanted to gauge whether there was interest in this topic (which is off-topic here) before splitting it out on its own. It's my sense of tidiness, not wanting to litter the group with dead threads :)

Also, haven鈥檛 created a poll before, and wanted to see how it works!

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Michel Bauwens Sun 13 May 2018 7:09PM

we don't use agile at all, every project is free to use its own methodology, including hierarchical coordination

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mike_hales Mon 28 May 2018 5:23PM

Discussants of Impact Hubs etc above might find this research base worth exploring . . .

In 2014 the TRANSIT EU-funded international research project (TRANSformative Social Innovation Theory) published its reports and a manifesto for Transformative Social innovation. The networks covered by case-study reports are listed here - 20 transnational networks, 25+ countries. Impact Hubs are included.

A collection of 'grounded theory' tags developed by the team might be regarded as the beginnings of a pattern language of practice in changing social relations through civil-society networks.

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Danyl Strype Thu 16 Apr 2020 6:37AM

It's interesting to re-evaluate the discussion we had about the subversion of co-working spaces by "digital taylorism", in the context of the spectacular collapse of WeWork:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/22/we-were-sold-off-weworks-support-staff-face-uncertain-future-as-company-collapses

@Michel Bauwens

we don't use agile at all, every project is free to use its own methodology, including hierarchical coordination

This is the essence of true agile development! To quote the Agile Manifesto:

"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools"

... and ...

"Responding to change over following a plan"

In contrast, most of the Agile(TM) sold by VC-funded training outfits totally contradicts the Agile Manifesto. Instead of teaching people to creatively apply the agile principles to their own situation, they sell everyone the same grab-bag of "tools and processes", rolling over any concern for "individuals and interactions", in exactly the "waterfall" style agile was created in revolt against.