Reflections, notes from several sources.

Witnessing the birth on new organizations

* Are based on clarity of shared purpose and principles.

* Are self-organizing and self-governing in whole and in part.

* Exist primarily to enable their constituent parts.

* Are powered from the periphery, unified from the core.

* Are durable in purpose and principle, malleable in form and function.

* Equitably distribute power, rights, responsibility and rewards.

* Harmoniously combine cooperation and competition.

* Learn, adapt and innovate in ever expanding cycles.

* Are compatible with the human spirit and the biosphere.

* Liberate and amplify ingenuity, initiative and judgment.

* Are compatible with and foster diversity, complexity and change.

* Constructively utilize and harmonize conflict and paradox.

* Restrain and appropriately embed command and control methods.