What We Do

We utilize a structure that gives the community the right to act collectively in development, administration and protection of the resources, and to generate income from the activities arising from them.  Such an approach was not previously possible because:

1. The information systems capable of monitoring and informing such a system in real time were not available;

2.  Societies had to first evolve to broadly support individual as well as corporate rights and freedoms;

3.  Market-based solutions had to be possible at scale

4.  Supply chain feedback had to empower vertical integration of all costs and burdens of production of a good; and

5.  To promote efficiency in the system, liquidity was necessary in physical, financial, human and information capital.

These prerequisites have now been satisfied. Ironically, the very developments that allow the PCI model to be created could also accelerate further wealth consolidation because they only make capitalism more efficient. To avoid this result and guarantee the integrity of the commons, we must fundamentally change the economic and governance paradigms for these types of resources.

Our model separates the concepts of capitalism-driven efficiency from the ownership of the underlying capital. It implements the “service contract” approach at every level of management, utilization and service of public and common goods. In doing so, it avoids the pitfalls of privatization and bureaucratic inefficiencies, while allowing the commons to realize all the benefits of an owner (e.g., profit, asset appreciation, etc.). Such a structure, combined with appropriate information and risk management tools, creates powerful incentives for a community to exercise self-enforcement and maintenance of its commons assets. It promotes innovation and enables the necessary financing (“Prosperity Bonds” referred to in Pillar 3 below) for such commons development and other community enhancement efforts.

Through this novel solution of natural resource ownership, management and financing, we leverage the full power and efficiency of the free market system’s approach to risk and innovation. We can steward public goods and common good resources in a way that doesn’t provoke a need for privatization or nationalization.  At last, through our model and our Actionable Information Platforms™, we can now resolve the Tragedy of the Commons and maximize the wealth of the commons for the benefit of the commons.

Here are the four pillars in our model: