Systemic investing and financing

1. Structural capabilities, not isolated fixes: Real transformation hinges on how the parts talk, decide, and adapt—not on dropping a shiny app, a policy mandate, or a pilot project into the mix. Sensing bandwidth, feedback latency, agency distribution, and norm plasticity are the pipes and circuits of systemic learning. 2. Learning order precedes ... See more

Between 2004 and 2011 community members partnered with a wide variety of external actors to design their project, including the cooperative enterprise and mechanisms to share benefits amongst the local economy and communities. Through this grass-roots approach the cooperative raised over 9.9 million dollars in capital from community investors.

It means that the key question for a new possible investment is not whether it looks good on its own, but whether it adds value to the strategic portfolio overall, shifting your lens from looking for risk reduction through diversification, to looking for value creation through strategic synergies.

A key focus within PBC approaches is the intentional design of diverse economic activities, so as to strengthen various forms of capital, including through generating funds for investment into local communities. Achieving this regenerative approach is supported by integrating the key principles of local ownership and democratic participation.