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''' | '''= concept meaning 'giving to the in between', proposed to balance the concept of Entrepreneur which means 'taking from in between' and has therefore a predatory significance''' | ||
= concept meaning 'giving to the in between', proposed to balance the concept of Entrepreneur which means 'taking from in between' and has therefore a predatory significance''' | |||
=Description= | ==Description== | ||
"The entredonneur is a 'creative giver' | "The entredonneur is a 'creative giver' | ||
* My term 'entredonneur' (Wood, 1990) was not intended as a direct criticism of 'enterprise' itself | * My term 'entredonneur' (Wood, 1990) was not intended as a direct criticism of 'enterprise' itself | ||
* Nevertheless, offers an invaluable practical counterpoint to it | * Nevertheless, offers an invaluable practical counterpoint to it | ||
* The most extreme idea of 'taking' is as unlikely as an extreme idea of pure 'giving' | * The most extreme idea of 'taking' is as unlikely as an extreme idea of pure 'giving' | ||
* However, by placing the two at opposite ends of a continuum we are better able to map the transition from one to the other | * However, by placing the two at opposite ends of a continuum we are better able to map the transition from one to the other | ||
* It may help us to identify how business, and other modes of enterprise, might be re-envisioned | * It may help us to identify how business, and other modes of enterprise, might be re-envisioned | ||
* It implies a less wasteful mode of living within an (inevitable) solar economy | * It implies a less wasteful mode of living within an (inevitable) solar economy | ||
* In theory, at the macro level, tendencies to 'pure greed' may balance the will to 'pure altruism' | * In theory, at the macro level, tendencies to 'pure greed' may balance the will to 'pure altruism' | ||
* With better mapping techniques we might be able to replace this struggle with a reciprocal form of altruism." | * With better mapping techniques we might be able to replace this struggle with a reciprocal form of altruism." | ||
(http://attainable-utopias.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=EntreDonneur) | (http://attainable-utopias.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=EntreDonneur) | ||
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Original source from Wood, J., (1990), "COMMENT: The Socially Responsible Designer", Design Magazine, July 1990 | Original source from Wood, J., (1990), "COMMENT: The Socially Responsible Designer", Design Magazine, July 1990 | ||
==More Information== | |||
=More Information= | |||
* possible alternative, mentioned by Neil Cummings here at http://culturesofresilience.org/communities-of-evaluation/: [[Donorpreneurs]] | * possible alternative, mentioned by Neil Cummings here at http://culturesofresilience.org/communities-of-evaluation/: [[Donorpreneurs]] | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 29 April 2018
= concept meaning 'giving to the in between', proposed to balance the concept of Entrepreneur which means 'taking from in between' and has therefore a predatory significance
Description
"The entredonneur is a 'creative giver'
- My term 'entredonneur' (Wood, 1990) was not intended as a direct criticism of 'enterprise' itself
- Nevertheless, offers an invaluable practical counterpoint to it
- The most extreme idea of 'taking' is as unlikely as an extreme idea of pure 'giving'
- However, by placing the two at opposite ends of a continuum we are better able to map the transition from one to the other
- It may help us to identify how business, and other modes of enterprise, might be re-envisioned
- It implies a less wasteful mode of living within an (inevitable) solar economy
- In theory, at the macro level, tendencies to 'pure greed' may balance the will to 'pure altruism'
- With better mapping techniques we might be able to replace this struggle with a reciprocal form of altruism."
(http://attainable-utopias.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=EntreDonneur)
Original source from Wood, J., (1990), "COMMENT: The Socially Responsible Designer", Design Magazine, July 1990
More Information
- possible alternative, mentioned by Neil Cummings here at http://culturesofresilience.org/communities-of-evaluation/: Donorpreneurs