iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 28/02/2026

Jakob's Nielsen's UX newsletter has dropped in my inbox. Let's see if I can gird my loins and board his techno-optimist #AI train! Hot takes ahead! What’s this? A comic. We'll begin with its rousing cover! 1/

A comic-book style cover of a titan-sized Marc Andreessen crushing a city whilst pulling a lever labelled "AI". The title is "Time to Build: Marc Adreessen on Lenny's Podcast".

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 19/12/2025

YES! This could be for you! **£5,000 cash funding** 💸💸💸 for startups / orgs working on everyday challenges (like food, housing & retrofit, transport, care), PLUS training PLUS help setting up as a workers co-op 👇👇 via @workers-coop.bsky.social #coops #socialimpact #retrofit #care

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Own The Future: Our first co-op support programme starting in March! - workers.coop

Workers.coop is launching Own The Future, its first co-op support programme for workers leading the transition to a new economy. Democratic worker

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 04/12/2025

Come join us! We're looking for an organisation (or two) doing meaningful work to join our community, renting our main space. => 613 square feet + a long-term partnership rooted in shared values, collaboration & skill-sharing 🙌 space4.tech/semi-private... #islington #finsburypark #socialimpact

People work at their laptops in a coworking space, there's an air of relaxed creativity and collaboration with lots of chat, smiling and close working.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 09/11/2025

We’re very proud to have been developing NookCRM for the #CommunityEnergy sector, funded by the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme too! 🙌🙌🙌

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 07/11/2025

Say hello to our CoTech team there today, Natasha, Richard and Ben: members of worker owned tech cooperatives! They love to talk about #digitalsovereignty 👍

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 05/11/2025

Excited to be showcasing NookCRM.com at @commenergyengland.bsky.social‘s WINTER CONFERENCE, on 17 November! 🌟 Plus connecting with CEE members from across England, diving into crucial #CommunityEnergy matters. 🙌 If you want to learn more about how Nook can support your case management come say hi!

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Nook CRM

The open source client and case management tool for community energy groups.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 29/09/2025

It's built on #civicrm, if you're a dev and interested. Lots of new + custom Civi functionality such as a lovely UI skin, side bar navs and Kanban boards :)

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 23/09/2025

This is fantastic news and it's so good to see the interest in nookcrm.com ! #communityenergy

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Many claim that businesses organized as democracies are inefficient and will fail at a higher rate than the conventional undemocratic model. But according to the data, democratic businesses are significantly more resilient and survive longer than conventional businesses. #EconomicDemocracy

Precentage survival rates (YoY) for companies and co-operatives, for businesses incorporated in 2011

Survival rate for each year since incorporation for co-operatives:
1 - 96%
2 - 91%
3 - 87%
4 - 84%
5 - 80%

Survival rate for each year since incorporation for companies:
1 - 93%
2 - 76%
3 - 61%
4 - 51%
5 - 44%

Understanding the data: An 80% rate of survival at 5 years since incorporation means 4 out of 5 enterprises remain in business after 5 years, while 1 out of 5 have gone out of business.

https://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/2020-10/co-operative_survival_1.pdf

A comparison of survival rates (%) for co-operatives and companies over a 5 year period, for businesses incorporated 2009-2011

Survival rates of co-operatives and companies incorporated in 2009 by year since incorporation:
1 - 98.8% vs 90.8%
2 - 97.6% vs 73.8%
3 - 91.6% vs 59.6%
4 - 86.4% vs 48.9%
5 - 84.8% vs 41.7%

Survival rates of co-operatives and companies incorporated in 2010 by year since incorporation:
1 - 98.3% vs 86.7%
2 - 94% vs 72.5%
3 - 91% vs 57.1%
4 - 87.3% vs 48.1%
5 - 81.9% vs 41.4%

Survival rates of co-operatives and companies incorporated in 2011 by year since incorporation:
1 - 96.3% vs 93.1%
2 - 91.1% vs 75.6%
3 - 87.4% vs 60.5%
4 - 84% vs 51%
5 - 80.4% vs 44.1%

https://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/2020-10/co-operative_survival_1.pdf

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 19/08/2025

Now this is a lovely development. We're starting a regular community of practice for NookCRM users + #communityenergy groups to talk approaches, opine about case management and to generally swap notes. Come join! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nook-crm-c...

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Nook CRM Community Hour

Monthly online sessions for existing Nook users, developers, and potential users, to connect, ask questions, and share insights.

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 17/07/2025

More happy tidings! Nook, our CRM for #communityenergy groups, has secured a second batch of funding from the Energy Redress Scheme to develop improved reporting features for orgs working against #fuelpoverty and for #WarmHomes 🥳 nookcrm.com

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Nook CRM

The open source client and case management tool for community energy groups.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 16/07/2025

Happening here at SPACE4, Islington 👇👇👇 #innovation #socialimpact #data

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 04/07/2025

I’m off to #CoopCongress today in the incredible Rochdale Town Hall. I mean, just look at it! I’m hoping to build some solid connections & opportunities for the coop tech sector 🥳 #coops

A photo of the interior of Rochdale Town Hall, with high arched ceilings and stained glass windows reminiscent of a grand church but actually depicting scenes of trade and history.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 16/06/2025

It's #LondonDataWeek in July! And as an official event host, we'll be running a FREE workshop on how to combine policy, citizen science and ecological #data to drive real-world change. Tickets 👇👇👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking-... #biodiversity #govtech

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Unlocking Nature with Data: Designing Citizen Science Tools for Impact

A London Data Week event about how we can combine policy, citizen science and ecological data to drive real-world change.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 01/05/2025

It's International Workers' Day! ✊🥳 If you want to advance your economic, social and cultural interests now's a *great* time to consider starting or joining a cooperative! #coops #techjobs

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Life inside a cooperative – A personal journey

I joined the Outlandish team – a workers owned digital agency cooperative, back in August ‘19 and I’ve...

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 24/04/2025

If you’re considering a new #crm this year we’ve put together some handy insights and risks from Nook CRM’s lead designer. Fill your boots! #digitaltransformation

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Design risks & advice for your new CRM project | Notion

1. Don’t rush. Document and analyse your org’s existing processes first.

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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

News that Trump has signed an executive order banning collective bargaining for nearly 1 million US federal workers is incredibly worrying. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues and sister unions overseas against these attacks on their union rights.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 07/02/2025

Thank you Helen! Richard from Outlandish @richardedwards.me has just connected with you on LinkedIn. Your experience sounds great :)

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 07/02/2025

Hello BlueSky. Does anyone here work in #community engagement, organising or community #nature projects? Or worked on tools to help people do community projects? Do you have 30mins on Tues afternoon for a (paid) Zoom call to feedback on a new project idea?

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 18/01/2025

I love these simple updates from Natasha to the Nook CRM website this week. Screenshots! Feature details & benefits! And a rambly video demo from me! 🫣 #communityenergy #fuelpoverty nookcrm.com

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Nook CRM

The open source client and case management tool for community energy groups.

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 15/01/2025

Our lead developer said something beautiful this morning: "ok I think we have ourselves a multisite deployment pipeline". I'm so happy! This means we're almost ready to host and support separate setups of the CRM for each #communityenergy group. 🥳 #fuelpoverty #buildinpublic

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 11/01/2025

There’s only ~1 week left to apply to join our lovely team as a Digital Project Manager & Business Development Specialist. Come deliver socially impactful tech for the likes of Greenpeace, Innovate UK, The Stroke Association, Stop The War & more! #tech #socialimpact

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We are hiring a Digital Project Manager & Business Development Specialist

Outlandish is seeking a talented, pro-active, and socially-engaged individual to project manage a variety of...

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Richard Edwards @richardedwards.me · 10/01/2025

What would it be like if nature was on your company’s board of directors? This week at @catapultnetwork.bsky.social , we had a great talk from Faith in Nature who’ve legally done just that 1/

A presenter stands in front of a screen showing a slide that reads (in bright and friendly curvy letters) “How light business change if nature had a voice and a vote?”

A presenter stands in front of a screen showing a slide showing illustrations of raised hands, each reaching towards the phrases “guardianship model”, “independence and accountability”, “purpose clause” and “nature has an equal vote”.

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 19/12/2024

Come work with us! 🥳 We're looking for a new Digital Project Manager & Business Development Specialist to deliver socially impactful tech projects for our wonderful clients, including the likes of Greenpeace, Innovate UK, The Stroke Association, Stop The War & more. #techjobs #tech

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We are hiring a Digital Project Manager & Business Development Specialist

Outlandish is seeking a talented, pro-active, and socially-engaged individual to project manage a variety of...

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 22/11/2024

A great share and a good read - sounds like a much-needed project @weareopen.coop team 🙌

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 15/11/2024

Obvs we're very excited to see this launch! If you're in #communityenergy or #retrofit and want to test out the CRM, follow the link & register your interest 🚀

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Outlandish @outlandish.com · 15/11/2024

Hello new, blue world 💙

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