I'm working on an article suggesting how we need to rethink the whole notion of competition.
In the "good ol' days" when "building community" wasn't even in people's vocabulary, competition was revered as a sacred right and good for the whole. One of the clearest indicators of failure and irresponsibility was to be "non-competitive" as a business, non-profit, or institution. Eat or be eaten: one of the hallmarks of the reptilian brain.
So does competition continue to be an unquestioned value when we're building community? Does it get defined any differently in a context where community has become more important collectively than zero-sum self-interest and the assumption that one's gain can only occur at the cost of another's loss?
Love to hear your thoughts and other questions ... stay tuned.
Postscript: here is a brief article on breakthrough considerations: Rethinking Competition in a Local Living Networked Economy
