You know how open source software is programming code that anyone can read and use? People and organizations collaborate on, and contribute to, that code. The code evolves exponentially, because everyone is learning from each other.
Compare that to software code that is closed source, so only a specific group can read and use the code. Multiple teams might work in parallel on similar challenges, often wasting time and resources, because they aren’t learning from each other.
Ecosystem weaving is like open source, but on the social layer.
I first learned the term ecosystem weaving from Songyi and developed my understanding of it during conversations about community and composability with Vengist and Sky. Although, it wasn’t until Addigator and I began collaborating, and thus co-founding Chones, did I actually focus my intention on doing the work of ecosystem weaving.
It’s hard to build something new, and many innovators are heads down, working on their passion project. They often miss opportunities to share resources, like information, relationships and capital.
Ecosystem weaving discovers and facilitates mutually beneficial collaborations, with builders, creators, communities and organizations. Taking a meta view, with context across multiple ecosystems, effective weaving stewards synchronicities, so everyone wins.
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