PWYC

The Two Skills of Gift Giving

Well, for many people on this list, Christmas will have just happened and gifts will have been, in some fashion, given and received. If you got any gifts, there’s a good chance that you loved some of them and other ones had you utterly question your friendship with that person and wonder if they even […]

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Don’t Mess With Their Rice Bowl: Seven Business Lessons from Ten Recent Workshop No-Shows

fb  I want to tell you a story. I know that, on this blog, I share a lot of “how to’s” and philosophical pieces and there can be the risk of people thinking that because I generally post positive things, I must never mess up, I must have everything together and I must never get frustrated

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candid 40 minute video interview on alternative pricing models – pwyc, barter, sliding scale and gift economy

I’m excited to send you this email because it includes a forty minute interview with me talking about my view on alternative pricing models such as pay what you can/want, barter, sliding scale or straight up ‘gift economy’ and more. If you’ve ever wanted to experiment with your pricing then you might really like this.  I’ve written a

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designing for generosity

A dear colleague of mine – Nippun Mehta – did a TEDx talk on the theme of “Designing for Generosity“. That I had to share with you. Capitalism seems to be based on the idea that we’re selfish. And there’s truth to this. We do everything we do to meet our needs. But it’s so

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pay what you can and cheesecake

So . . . I just got featured on a blog by one of my favourite people in Canada – Rebecca Tracey (pictured here).  I thought you might enjoy reading it. It’s about cheesecake and the benefits of the Pay What You Can economy. For some people, offering services and events on a PWYC basis

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