Jeremy Gilbertson
Community building has been around long before DAOs, and CMX is a network of community builders co-founded by David Spinks. Spinks is the author of The Business of Belonging and a thought leader in the community building space.
In 2020, CMX selected a software company called Atlassian (developers of...
The challenges for artists in the music industry have been well documented for nearly a hundred years, and while there have been technological advances, some would argue that nothing has really changed. Is it because change is so daunting? Or do the participants in the ecosystem see an...
For the most part, science has been an open, interactive community driven by curiosity and the search for the truth. One insight or invention sparks an idea that will lead to the next discovery. Like quarks, neutrinos and atoms are the building blocks of bigger things, knowledge grows...
Branding and Web3 can seem equally esoteric, in that a relatively small group understands how to harness their powers to build and grow projects. While both are strongly rooted in assembling and activating communities, some may say Web3 has a better chance of being fully understood.
For a company,...
In this series, we’ve explored the potential of DAOs to reinvent how communities organize around a set of common goals. If traditional hierarchies aren’t the answer, how does a group of random people come together and make decisions? Ants touch antennae and bees dance, so how can a...
Most early iterations of new technology are a bit crude and somewhat clunky. I remember the days when even connecting to the Internet took a minute or two and the experience seemed like walking through lukewarm oatmeal.
Tools for Adoption
The first versions of websites had little utility, as they...
I often look to the past for perspective on the present and the future. In a recent jaunt through the mind of Marshall McLuhan, I found a compelling shard of insight especially applicable today. In Understanding Media – The Extensions of Man, McLuhan writes, “Any innovation threatens the...
