Block n. A unit of governance, as identified by Snook, to be mined, understood and given form within an organisation
Party n. A lively, sociable gathering of guests, convening for the purpose of enjoyment, celebration, togetherness and sharing
Block Party was a year long collaborative project with Snook, Ashton McGill and Dark Matter Labs to transform, design and codify the governance, policies and processes at CIVIC SQUARE.
This project was held within our Regenerative Organisation portfolio of work as part of the Regenerative Neighbourhood Economics Lab, through which we were starting from where we are, with our own organisation, to test and embed regenerative principles and approaches across working cultures, project design, governance design, process design, building design, problem solving, tools and more.
This was based on the idea of getting our own 'house' in order first, so that we can be the best we can be in the world and generative to local, national and global practice; experimenting and cultivating knowledge internally, and then bringing learnings back out to be shared openly.
Principles
Matters
BLOCK PARTY Project Introduction | January 2021
BLOCK PARTY Show + Tell | May 2021
Civic Square x Snook_June to December
Executive Organisation Introduction | September 2021
Shape of the Organisation Introduction | September 2021
BLOCK PARTY SHOW + TELL - OCTOBER 2021
Cs_ Financial Systems | December 2021
“Every attempt to write a new human story converges upon just one mundane, heartbreaking problem: How shall we come together, work together, create together? How shall we organise?”
**—Nilsson, Paddock and Temmink
At its core, governance at CIVIC SQUARE should: