The Heterarchy VS the Hierarchy as a Model of Economic Development

And why the Harvard Business Review's model of fiscal sponsorship serves the greater good better than the model as portrayed through the eyes of the non-profit world.

Sh sh she Shebah! By Weston Neil Andersen. Image by Mackenzie Andersen

I am starting the process of applying for a grant with a deadline of May 1st. It's a challenge to figure out the chicken-and-egg dilemma intrinsic to an entity as complex as Andersen Design, a small free enterprise that interacts with a world that lacks an understanding of what distinguishes a free enterprise from a publicly traded corporation or feudalism and serfdom. It's time for more voices to stand up for the lost understanding of the free enterprise sector, by which I mean the business sector that stands outside of the subsidized business sector that envelops publicly traded corporations.

This post is my way of processing, so it might be construed as self-indulgent, but this is the way I process my thoughts. I need to communicate what I am trying to do and this is my sounding board. I don't have a team or community that supports my vision today. Tomorrow is another day.

As a small free enterprise engaged in a cr…