Seeking Tech Expertise for Internet Design at a New Co-op

Hi! I’m working with Stirchley Co-operative Development in Birmingham, and we’re exploring best practices for internet design within co-operatives. We’re looking to connect with someone experienced in the tech/co-op space who can share insights, examples, and lessons learned from existing co-op models. Our goal is to understand how different approaches to digital infrastructure, online collaboration, and web presence might be adapted to support our new co-op. If you’re open to a conversation or can point us to relevant resources, would love to connect!

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Hi, Mikaela! There’s a lot to unpack there for sure. When it comes to co-operatives I like to go back to the cooperative principles and map them onto projects.

First and foremost is that a co-op is built for the benefit of its members. With this human centric lens you get a big perspective shift versus the Silicon Valley ideals. No more extraction, no more dark patterns, no more hockey-stick growth, etc.

I see these things codified in some of these great resources:

When it comes to business: platform co-operativism is still rapidly evolving. I particularly like the work from the MEDlab including their Exit to Community work:

I’d love dive in further on mapping the principles to tech. What are you exploring with your work?

Autonomic has lots of experience in the area of infrastructure for co-ops.