'Ken pointed us to the opposite lesson: real resilience lives in the bazaar.''Ken is the founder of the N2N network, a global learning network of educators and facilitators.
It had no headquarters. No rigid hierarchy. Just a collection of people: loosely connection, yet powerfully aligned. It’s lived proof of a simple truth: when designed well, networks outperform cathedrals.
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The cathedral and the bazaarKen’s stories often return to Eric Raymond’s metaphor (to explain the success of open-soure software projects like Linux): The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
The Cathedral representing the traditional, closed, top-down, hierarchical organization.
The Bazaar representing the decentralized, collaborative, self-managing organization.
Most organizations still love building cathedrals. They build rigid hierarchies, centralize decision-making, and believe control creates strength.
Ken pointed us to the opposite lesson: real resilience lives in the bazaar.
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When Ken first told us these stories, I understood them only intellectually.
Only now, after visiting Morning Star (and many other workplace bazaars such as Haier, Buurtzorg, NER Group) and talking with people like Dee Hock and Doug Kirkpatrick myself, do I truly
feel their truth.
The future of organizations won’t be built like cathedrals. It will be lived like bazaars.
Decentralized, emergent, and resilient.
That’s Ken’s wisdom, and it’s one of the most important lessons we carry with us.'
- Joost Minnaar,
Decentralization At Scale: Why The Strongest Organizations Look Like Bazaars, August 28, 2025
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