Comments for Ed Mayo's Blog http://edmayo.wordpress.com organising for consumers Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Bad Lego by LB http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/bad-lego/#comment-522 LB Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:36:52 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=907#comment-522 I have fond memories of Lego, so it's difficult to see the company behind it as a wolf in sheep's clothing! I don't think compilin the list is any different than a child sitting there with a well known catalogue, cutting the wanted toys out to compile the list for Santa. My biggest annoyance with Lego is that by sellin kits to make a particular model stifles a child's imagination. what happened to buyin a mixed brick kit and makin the flat roofed house, only to find out that you haven't left any space for the door! I have fond memories of Lego, so it’s difficult to see the company behind it as a wolf in sheep’s clothing! I don’t think compilin the list is any different than a child sitting there with a well known catalogue, cutting the wanted toys out to compile the list for Santa. My biggest annoyance with Lego is that by sellin kits to make a particular model stifles a child’s imagination. what happened to buyin a mixed brick kit and makin the flat roofed house, only to find out that you haven’t left any space for the door!

]]> Comment on A beautiful world by MJ Ray http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/a-beautiful-world/#comment-520 MJ Ray Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:36:37 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/a-beautiful-world/#comment-520 Thanks for the pointer about the schools. Any luck unlocking the Dog Helps Dog speech PDF yet? Thanks for the pointer about the schools. Any luck unlocking the Dog Helps Dog speech PDF yet?

]]> Comment on Lincoln people by isobel http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/lincoln-people/#comment-518 isobel Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:34 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/lincoln-people/#comment-518 This is my Grandad, and he loves me very mcuh we go out for ice-creams every night together and i enjoyed every minute of it!!!! love him lots isobel This is my Grandad, and he loves me very mcuh we go out for ice-creams every night together and i enjoyed every minute of it!!!!

love him lots

isobel

]]> Comment on Find, play, share by Graham http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/find-play-share/#comment-517 Graham Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:35 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=879#comment-517 The same is of course true for cooperative sector data. http://opendata.coop is a nascent recent project aiming to promote this approach globally amongst cooperatives and their sectoral organisations, building on the power of open source strategies to leverage cooperative data for our mutual benefit. The same is of course true for cooperative sector data. http://opendata.coop is a nascent recent project aiming to promote this approach globally amongst cooperatives and their sectoral organisations, building on the power of open source strategies to leverage cooperative data for our mutual benefit.

]]> Comment on One worker, one vote by John Atherton http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/one-worker-one-vote/#comment-516 John Atherton Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:26:41 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-516 Although there are historical/political contexts, I also believe it comes down to the fundamentals of how we interact with each other in Britain. Please accuse me of stereotyping if you don't agree, but Northern Europeans are cast as more formal, uncomfortable with social interaction and personal relationship building, particularly in compared to our Spanish and Italian friends. This is something I see first hand when attending events in Europe. I watch in awe at their abilities to chat, cajole, and obviously make decisions without the formal procedures I'd expect. Yes we have individuals with these skills, but as a nation, is it bread into all of us from birth? Could it be argued that our our reliance on hierarchies is due to our lack of the right social skills? Although there are historical/political contexts, I also believe it comes down to the fundamentals of how we interact with each other in Britain. Please accuse me of stereotyping if you don’t agree, but Northern Europeans are cast as more formal, uncomfortable with social interaction and personal relationship building, particularly in compared to our Spanish and Italian friends.

This is something I see first hand when attending events in Europe. I watch in awe at their abilities to chat, cajole, and obviously make decisions without the formal procedures I’d expect.

Yes we have individuals with these skills, but as a nation, is it bread into all of us from birth?

Could it be argued that our our reliance on hierarchies is due to our lack of the right social skills?

]]> Comment on One worker, one vote by james http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/one-worker-one-vote/#comment-515 james Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:37:16 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-515 The truth is that governments committed to privatisation have been keen to push the idea of establishing co-operatives out of existing publicly-owned industries. Something of this nature is happening in the NHS. As to hostility to stakeholder-ownership, it no doubt comes from those who do quite nicely out of investor-ownership - the very wealthy, in other words. Or as I like to call them, old-fashioned young man that I am, the ruling class. The truth is that governments committed to privatisation have been keen to push the idea of establishing co-operatives out of existing publicly-owned industries. Something of this nature is happening in the NHS.

As to hostility to stakeholder-ownership, it no doubt comes from those who do quite nicely out of investor-ownership – the very wealthy, in other words. Or as I like to call them, old-fashioned young man that I am, the ruling class.

]]> Comment on A dog helps dog world by james http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/a-dog-helps-dog-world/#comment-514 james Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:32:45 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=834#comment-514 Great piece, Ed. Just found your blog, by the way. Glad to have found it. Great piece, Ed. Just found your blog, by the way. Glad to have found it.

]]> Comment on One worker, one vote by Scumboni http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/one-worker-one-vote/#comment-513 Scumboni Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:25 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=885#comment-513 It would be interesting to know why large scale, relicable models of worker ownership haven't yet taken off in the UK (other than through the philanthropic / trust owned model.) Probably a combination of factors - the C19th conflict and split between the 'consumer' and 'productive' wings of the co-op movement (with the consumer societies setting up their own wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiaries without worker stakeholding); the hostility of British trade unions, which goes down to the present day; the antipathy of the Fabian wing of the Labour movement; and in the late C20th, the rise of managers as a professional caste. All wrapped up in a peculiarly British attachment to the state as the expression of social solidarity and provider of welfare. It would be interesting to know why large scale, relicable models of worker ownership haven’t yet taken off in the UK (other than through the philanthropic / trust owned model.) Probably a combination of factors – the C19th conflict and split between the ‘consumer’ and ‘productive’ wings of the co-op movement (with the consumer societies setting up their own wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiaries without worker stakeholding); the hostility of British trade unions, which goes down to the present day; the antipathy of the Fabian wing of the Labour movement; and in the late C20th, the rise of managers as a professional caste. All wrapped up in a peculiarly British attachment to the state as the expression of social solidarity and provider of welfare.

]]> Comment on Find, play, share by thenextwavefutures http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/find-play-share/#comment-512 thenextwavefutures Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:37:17 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=879#comment-512 Ed, The link in your post seems not to be working. Here's one that does: http://gov2.net.au/about/draftreport/ Ed,

The link in your post seems not to be working.

Here’s one that does: http://gov2.net.au/about/draftreport/

]]> Comment on First day by Mark Weeks http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/first-day/#comment-510 Mark Weeks Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:21:34 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=832#comment-510 Hi Ed, It was good meeting you last week for the Regeneration photo shoot. I would be happy to email you over a copy my favorite final shot. Let me know your email address and I'll send it on. Best regards, Mark Hi Ed,

It was good meeting you last week for the Regeneration photo shoot. I would be happy to email you over a copy my favorite final shot. Let me know your email address and I’ll send it on.

Best regards,
Mark

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