Reflections on the Forms of Rights Conversion for Organizational Individuals in the Intelligent Consortium
According to the definition in Organizational Settings of Intelligenism, an organizational individual is any entity directly subject to the organization’s rules and involved in the division of rights and responsibilities. Based on this definition, the following introduces the types and characteristics of organizational individuals in the Intelligent Consortium. This section merely provides a conceptual introduction to different forms of rights conversion. I will provide more elaboration on their application and rule design in the chapter Construction of the Intelligent Consortium. Moreover, there is no universal answer for rights conversion rule-setting, and the Intelligenism framework does not impose specific limitations on these rules. They are determined through open discussions, innovations, and experiments by all individuals constructing the Intelligent Consortium, gradually forming an organizational consensus.
Capital Provider
Capital providers in the Intelligent Consortium are similar to investors in traditional company organizations. In conventional frameworks, investors can be creditors (with the company as the debtor) or shareholders, providing debt or equity funding.
In the Intelligent Consortium, capital providers are also considered organizational individuals. Within the Intelligenism framework, there is no distinction between creditors and shareholders. All funding and investment activities are classified as rights conversion, with the only difference being the form of rights conversion. The Intelligent Consortium can, through organizational negotiation, establish unique funding and return terms for capital providers. This process is established during the organizational formation phase, and further optimization and adjustment within the organizational framework are possible. Furthermore, a provisional arrangement of financing and return terms is essential for the formation and operation of an Intelligent Consortium.
Order Provider
In traditional business organizations, there is typically no dedicated role or position for providing order, which the organization’s managers usually supply. In the Intelligent Consortium, order supply includes two main aspects: first, providing a network structure plan constructed by organizational individuals and establishing a foundational organizational framework for its actions and network driving mechanisms; second, during network operation, based on the needs and behavioral characteristics of different nodes, organizational individuals may need to drive from the bottom up through voting, suggestions, supervision, or other means. Thus, order supply also involves providing an information platform to support various driving methods, facilitating the construction and ongoing maintenance of organizational order. Additionally, providing a punishment mechanism for behaviors that violate order rules or harm the organization or other individuals is also part of order supply. In an Intelligent Consortium, one or more order-supplying individuals may be needed to provide different order solutions.
During the initial construction of the Intelligent Consortium, potential organizational individuals must reach a consensus on selecting an organizational template through a mutually consensus negotiation mechanism (consensus and consensus-building mechanisms will be discussed in the chapter Construction of the Intelligent Consortium). They must also choose an existing information platform or construct a new one to support the feedback of driving and action information for driving and action nodes. The initial organizational template is the first step in building the organizational network and is a prerequisite for its operation. This template may be provided by third-party service providers or experienced individuals or may emerge from spontaneous exploration by potential organizational individuals under the consensus-building framework, but it must be implemented only after achieving consensus among potential individuals. The organizational template serves as the skeleton of the Intelligent Consortium and the foundation for its operation.
Moreover, the organizational template is not static. During the organization’s construction and ongoing operation, organizational individuals can adjust and upgrade the initial template to adapt to business needs and the external environment.
Under the concept of Intelligenism, “state” and “regional governance bodies” can also be considered order suppliers. However, given the practical limitations of constructing an Intelligent Consortium, I do not believe that “state” or “regional governance bodies” currently have the capacity or willingness to act as organizational individuals and take on driving roles in organizational development. Therefore, the order suppliers mentioned above do not include the “state” or “regional governance bodies” roles.
Organizational Operations Provider
Operations here refer to participants similar to employees in traditional business organizations, who become organizational individuals by being employed by the organization. Whether they are workers on the production line, accountants in the finance department, or HR managers, they fall under the category of operational participants. Action node individuals in the organization are more likely to be operational participants, as they maintain the organization’s daily operations, much like employees in traditional organizations. Thus, most external actions of the organization are carried out through the daily work of operational participants. However, unlike conventional business organizations, the Intelligent Consortium is not a cybernetic organization and does not have the traditional top-down structure.
Raw Materials Provider
Raw material suppliers typically refer to other organizations or individuals providing raw materials to the Intelligent Consortium. For example, in a restaurant organization, suppliers of water, electricity, ingredients, or seasonings are categorized as raw material suppliers. In traditional business organizations, raw material suppliers are generally not considered organizational individuals, and the relationship between the organization and suppliers is typically established through procurement contracts. However, in the Intelligent Consortium, procurement relationships are considered a form of rights exchange, aligning with the rule that “any individual directly subject to the organization’s rules and involved in rights and responsibility divisions is an organizational individual.” Thus, raw material suppliers are included as organizational individuals.
Consumers
The definition of consumers in the Intelligent Consortium is essentially the same as in traditional business organizations: individuals or organizations that demand and consume the organization’s goods or services. In conventional organizations, consumers are typically not considered organizational individuals. However, in the Intelligent Consortium, consumption is regarded as a form of rights conversion between consumers and the organization, making consumers organizational individuals. As mentioned in the chapter Organizational Settings of Intelligenism, the duration of rights conversion associated with consumption may be short. For example, moviegoers cease their rights conversion with the cinema organization once they leave the theater. Thus, under this definition, cinema consumers are organizational individuals only for a relatively short period. However, the driving role of consumers as organizational individuals significantly enhances the organization’s adaptability to the external environment. Therefore, organizational individuals need to continuously propose settings that maximize the benefits of rights conversion for consumers after the organization is established.
Other Possible Types of Organizational Individuals
Other organizational individuals include those who do not fit into the above categories, such as consultants for fire or food safety, venue designers, or external equipment maintenance workers. As stated in the chapter Organizational Settings of Intelligenism, any external individual with an ongoing rights conversion with the organization can be defined as an organizational individual. It is difficult to exhaustively list all forms of organizational individuals within a limited scope. However, for network construction and organizational mobilization, similar to how adding more neurons to a computer’s artificial intelligence neural network increases its intelligence potential, including as many organizational individuals as possible and formulating reasonable driving plans is a key means of enhancing the intelligence potential and intelligence degree of the Intelligent Consortium’s organizational network.