---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Annemarie Naylor <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:02 PM Subject: [tapas] Open / Data / Freelancer Cooperatives To: [email protected] Cc: COMMONING LIste engl <[email protected]> Dear All Further to our discussions re Open / Data / Freelancer Coops – I’m sure you will find the following of interest (please spread the word!). And, very well done Pat et al ;-) DRAFT TEXT FOR PUBLICITY The case for co-operation A new book outlining fifty innovations to boost the British economy is out from the network for co-operative businesses, Co-operatives UK. Based on three years of research, The Co-operative Advantage <http://shop.newint.org/uk/co-operative-advantage-ebook.html> analyses growth sectors around which economic co-operation has an edge and a fit that offers a competitive advantage. The 50 potential innovations dovetail with emerging trends in technology and markets and the total economic value of the sectors examined add up to 61% of overall GDP and account for 64% of total employment in the UK. The innovations range from social co-operatives, where staff and users run care services together, to data co-ops giving people control over data about them and a freelancers’ union for the growing numbers of self-employed people. Ed Mayo, the editor or the multi-authored book and secretary general of Co-operatives UK <http://www.uk.coop/>, said: “Britain needs to nurture a new approach for economic success. A vital ingredient will be harnessing current innovation trends that encourage a far stronger dose of economic collaboration. Many of the world’s most successful firms are achieving results by embracing collaboration – creating informal networks, harnessing customers’ ideas, empowering their employees. In an innovation economy, where knowledge is the new currency, businesses must co-operate to compete. “ “The co-operative advantage is realised by giving the people involved in a business – the employees, the customers, the suppliers – a stake in it. Their participation has a triple effect, boosting innovation, productivity and entrepreneurship.” The Co-operative Advantage has been described by Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of Nesta, as “a very substantial, impressive book”. It is published by the co-operative, New Internationalist - http://shop.newint.org/uk/co-operative-advantage-ebook.html Best wishes, Annemarie Annemarie Naylor Director, Common Futures T. 07525 236797 E: [email protected] W: http://www.commonfutures.eu/ Follow me on twitter @commonfutrs 12 Sandford Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9NP Common Futures is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 8481503 -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/