Humans need to be able to organize ourselves in order to function. From family to tribe to neighborhood to city to nation to international settings or from family to school to community to work, we need to organize ourselves in a way that allows for air, water, food, shelter, and society to function. The rise of the “corporation” has been instrumental over the past 500 years as a vehicle outside of direct civil government control. From Feudalism to Colonialism to Capitalism, the corporation has been developed and experimented with in various different forms. Across nations, states, cities, tribes, neighborhoods, and families, corporations have been the most effective form of organization for specific purposes that require groups of people to work together. The interplay between corporations pushing their agendas versus the other corporations and people has been the struggle of the past several centuries. Since we have created theses amazingly powerful tools of organization, how do we balance the needs of the one and the needs of the many? How do we facilitate the arena of new corporations being formed and current corporations transforming themselves? How do we handle the feedback loops of action and consequence to hold corporations accountable as well as rewarding those that benefit others?
