The Social Ledger as a way to capture the missing-in-action intangible piece of Social Capital. Social capital refers to interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation, and reciprocity.

1. THE SOCIAL LEDGER
JIM WHITESCARVER • JOACHIM STROH • ITP CAMP 2019

2. The Sweet Spot.
Financial
Capital
Social
Capital
Human
Capital
People
Process
Structure
Relationships
Cooperation
Value Exchange
Assets
Liabilities
Equity
Binding/Bridging
Psychological
Safety
Requests &
Reciprocity
Participation &
Commitment
Diversity
& Norms
Belonging &
Stewardship
The Social Ledger as a way to
capture the missing-in-action
intangible piece of Social
Capital.
Social capital refers to
interpersonal relationships, a
shared sense of identity, a
shared understanding, shared
norms, shared values, trust,
cooperation, and reciprocity.

3. The Accelerator. The Social Ledger as an
accelerator to move from
idea to production, from
producer to consumer,
from thought to finish,
from (co-)creations to
(co-)offerings along the
edge of interactions and
transactions.
Social Ledger Time →
Idea Production
agreement
usage
exchange
value
decision
dialogue
sensemkg
Interactions
Transactions
Financial Ledger

4. The Rhizome. Social Ledger as a way to
break down information
silos, build new bridges
and reward all
participants. Creating an
ecosystem for the
flourishing of our
collective intelligence.
Siloed
Knowledge
Siloed
Knowledge Siloed
Knowledge
Siloed
Knowledge
Shared
Knowledge
Shared
Knowledge Shared
Knowledge
Shared
Knowledge
Social Ledger

5. The Infinite Game.
The Social Ledger as an
infinite game of
generative card-based
sequences.
Shared
Cards
My
Cards
Team
Cards

6. Share activity status
Post to open forum
Ask question openly
Narrate &
share work
Write short blog post
Receive automatic updates
Filling Out
Forms
(Harvesting)
Understanding
the issues
(Clarifying)
Finding
Experts &
Expertise
Looking for
Information
(Collecting)
Publishing
content (for
print)
Publishing
articles (on the
web)
Information
Silos
Hidden email
chains
Solving
problems
one on one
Email/voice
communication
Unpublished
documents/
reports
On Working
In-The-
Flow.
The capacity of an
individual to reach an
optimal flow pattern.
Not above-the-flow or
hidden-from-flow.

7. On Weaving
Content.
The capacity of an online
collective to co-create
beautifully intricate
patterns and stitch them
together.
Place
Body of
People
Org
Elements
Body of
Work
Boundary
Objects
Body of
Actions
Space Card Action

8. Social Object
Card Events
API Events
LAUNCH
On Streams.
Our conversations
continuously rush through
streams at different
locations and at different
times. The Social Object is a
place where we can
crystalize the essentials,
build bridges and find
pathways between our
spaces.

9. On Trust.
Human-centered
Governance Design
(Social Design)
Process-centric
Governance Design
(Tech/DevOps Design)
Regulatory &
Compliance Design
(Legal Design)
Bot Networks &
Machine Agents
(Algorithmic Design)
“When we design systems from
trust, we get better results that cost
less and have terrific side effects,
like rebuilding community and
releasing our inherent genius.” –
Jerry Michalski, Internet Pioneer,
Tech Speaker, Founder of ReX

10. “The Social Ledger
represents IDENTITY
in a sense of ‘You Are
What You Do’ ”
– Jim Whitescarver
Internet Pioneer and a Founding Father of W3C's HTML & HTTP

11. “The Social Ledger pronounces
meta-level conversations but then
goes further and invites the
audience to step into the screen.”
– Gary Coulter

12. FIND YOUR SPOT
IN THE CORAL
REEF AND HELP
US KEEP IT ALIVE
AND THRIVING.
Socio Technical Stack
Human
Development
Domains &
Circles
Media &
Messages
Cards &
Boards
Contribution
Accounting
Apps &
Containers
Tokens &
Transactions
Enaction &
Decision Flow
Roles &
Relationships
Participatory
Inquiries
Notes &
Wikis
Community
Currencies
Education &
Language
Local
Communities
& Ecosystem
App Data &
Warm Data
Skills &
Potentials
Global
Agile Teams
& Actions

13. Y/our Platform.
Y/our Story.
We are not done
yet. We continue
to refine our
platform every
day with every
new story from
individuals &
organizations
that join us. You
are part of this
journey.
Tokens &
Transactions
Enaction &
Decision Flow
Skills &
Potentials
Members &
Subscriptions
Human
Development
Roles &
Relationships
Domains &
Circles
Events &
Trends
Media &
Messages
Cards &
Boards
Calls &
Cognition
Protocols &
Principles
Contribution
Accounting
Maps &
Holons
Participatory
Inquiries
Notes &
Wikis
Augmented
Chats
Community
Currencies
Education &
Language
Posts &
Publications
Sociopsychological Patterns
Sociocultural Patterns
Global
Agile Teams
& Actions
Apps &
Containers
Local
Communities
& Ecosystem
App Data &
Warm Data
←
reaching
up
anchoring
down
→
Organizational Patterns
Socioeconomic Patterns Rhizomatic Patterns
Conversational Patterns

14. PUT ALL CARDS
ON THE TABLE.
Cards &
Boards

15. FIND THE RIGHT
BOARD TO PLAY.
Cards &
Boards

16. LEAVE THE OLD
ORG CHART
BEHIND.
Maps &
Holons

17. MAP NEW
SKILLSETS AND
CONNECTIONS.
Maps &
Holons

18. Allocation &
Circulation of
Community
Currency
Inflows
(e.g. income)
Outflows
(e.g. time & expenses,
Traditional
Transaction
Community/P2P
Transaction
0%
community
currency
[osmosis]
Traditional
Organization
90%
community
currency
80%
community
currency
KEEP
CURRENCIES
CIRCULATING &
ALIVE.
Community
Currencies
[reverse
osmosis]

19. Time &
Token
Role-based Commitments.
→
A snapshot of activities
across the Collective
and..
..a way to reward
selected activities
with a token of
your choice.
→
Social
Record Financial
Record
t+1
t+2
t+3
“Taking
the pulse”

20. Self-Organization
Open Participatory
Organization
Self-Governance
Open Participatory
Governance
Sense-Making
Open Participatory
Learning
DIVE INTO
COLLECTIVE
DECISION
MAKING.
Participatory
Inquiry

21. PUSH
DECISIONS TO
THE EDGE.
Enaction &
Decision Flow

22. MEASURE FOR
COOPERATION.
Social
Cohesion
Working toward the well being of all our members ▪️
Opposing exclusion and marginalisation ▪️ Creating a
sense of belonging ▪️ Promoting trust ▪️ Participating in
the co-creation of social objects
Photo:
Jean
Wimmerlin
on
Unsplash

23. MEASURE FOR
COOPERATION.
Symmathesy &
Biosemiotics
Creating a living and breathing membrane ▪️ Learning
from each other ▪️ Increasing our levels of understanding
and sensemaking ▪️ Working in multilayered experience
spaces
Photo:
Jeremy
Bishop
on
Unsplash

24. Demo time!

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