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Mind over machine

Charter for Mind over Machine

"Charter for a Regenerative Software Development Community"

Our Purpose

Section titled “Our Purpose”

“Mind over Machine” is a commercial foundation with Regenerative Software Development as its pivot point.

Our purpose is:

  1. To support regenerative software development as a knowledge base, practice, discipline and culture
  2. To operate as an open Community of Practice focused on performing regenerative software development that includes all stakeholders
  3. To support knowledge and method development in socio-technological transitions that can lead to a regenerative software development practice
  4. To contribute to human cultural heritage through the facilitation, support and development of open-source software
  5. To document that ethical and transformative leadership in software development contributes positively to both people, the world and is economically viable

Our activities are organized around three pillars:

  • A think tank that explores, monitors, analyzes and documents digital ethics and socio-technological systems and their impact on people and the world
  • A laboratory that provides services, advice and implementation of regenerative software development
  • A Community of Practice1 through which we facilitate the exchange of knowledge and reinforce the impact on practice, culture and education.

Non-Profit business foundation

Section titled “Non-Profit business foundation”

Our formal registration: is as a commercial fund in Denmark. This implies that we are self-owned and follow the rules for fund taxation. There is therefore no company or individual that receives a dividend from a profit. A positive result for the year is distributed in accordance with our articles of association, which are described below.

Management structure

Section titled “Management structure”

The Board has overall responsibility for ensuring that the foundation remains true to its purpose and principles. The board operates within the framework of the articles of association.

The Management has the day-to-day responsibility for leading the fund in a strategic direction in accordance with the articles of association and the board’s vision.

Footnotes

Section titled “Footnotes”

  1. We use the term “Community of Practice” as a problem-oriented didactic discipline and operational term, first described by Lave & Wenger. It is not a formal membership organization, but rather an abstraction of the open and inclusive community we want to create. which ensures legitimate peripheral participation where all; professionals as learners can participate on their own terms in a master|apprentice relationship, which offers a clear path to becoming more involved and taking more responsibility in the community, if you wish. ↩