Intentcasting

Description

Seb Paquet:

"Interest brings groups together, but intent is what brings teams together to actually get things done. Intentcasting is deceptively simple to describe. It consists in broadcasting your intent to make something happen.

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There is a capability that is complementary to intentcasting: intentcatching. Intentcatching means connecting to an intent that has already been cast, in effect signaling, "I want this to happen too" or "We want this to happen too" and moving from a passive to an active stance towards the intent.

At its core, intentcasting is invitation into a possible future. It is a statement of possibility and will. Although it does not have to spell out how the intent is to materialize, it contains the germ of an architecture of participation." (http://emergentcities.sebpaquet.net/blueprints-for-networked-cocreation-1-intentc)

Characteristics

Seb Paquet:

"In order for intent to catch on, it has to meet a few conditions:

• It must describe a promise - a future state of affairs that could conceivably happen, explained in a way that people understand.

• It must open participation in one or more well-defined ways.

• It must be expressed in a way that enables it to travel and spread over the communications infrastructure.

• There must be other people or groups out there who resonate with the intent and can get excited enough to connect."

((http://emergentcities.sebpaquet.net/blueprints-for-networked-cocreation-1-intentc))