Redefining success in organizing towards degrowth
Sekulova, Filka (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Anguelovski, Isabelle (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Argüelles, Lucía (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	In order to untangle the meaning of success, or rather, thriving, for community-based initiatives (CBIs) that embody and prefigure degrowth, we bring sustainability transition, prefigurative politics, and degrowth scholarships in conversation with group facilitation practice and living systems theory. The article puts forward a model of organizational thriving grounded in the achievement of results while attending to organizational processes and members' needs. We explore the trajectories of five CBIs located in the province of Barcelona (Spain), looking into the ways such model is reflected, performed, and experienced by each of these. A key insight of our nine-year research is that 'care' is core to success. Sustainability transition, and degrowth organizing thus need to acknowledge that 'success' does not only stem from the realization of tangible results but from the consideration of members' needs and the quality of group communication, cohesion, inclusion and decision-making processes inasmuch as reaching targets.
Grants:	European Commission 678034 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00975 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad IJC2020-045101-I
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Sustainability transition ; Degrowth organizing ; Prefiguration ; Community-based initiatives ; Care ; Success
Published in:	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 48 (September 2023) , art. 100764, ISSN 2210-4224

DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2023.100764

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