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Connection Engine
COLLECTIVE
coordinated agency
Media
decentralized
community
Movement
regenerative economy
total wellbeing for all
solidarity economy
local economy
cooperative economy
sharing economy
circular economy
resource based economy
new economy
social media
social impact
social movement
social media marketing
independent media
cocreation
grassroots movement
movement weaving
localization
bioregional organizing
community organizing
mutual aid
mutual aid network
Media company coordinating people to action across over 300 movements
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Connection Engine: Our Journey So Far
Connection Engine: Our Journey So Far The Vision That Started It All The Connection Engine emerged from a simple yet profound insight: the solutions to our greatest challenges already exist but lack visib...
Published on April 27, 2025 by J. Friday
About
The Connection Engine: Accelerating Our Transition to Wellbeing Economies
In a world of fragmented movements and disconnected solutions, the Connection Engine serves as a strategic hub that amplifies wellbeing-based economies. We're not building another organization—we're creating the missing infrastructure that connects over 300 existing movements working toward a world where everyone can thrive.
Our Vision
We believe three core ideas:
- Solutions to our biggest challenges already exist but lack visibility
- People need clear pathways to find, implement, and share these solutions
- Strategic networking and amplification create rapid, non-linear change
The Connection Engine operates as a flywheel rather than a traditional community—connecting rather than containing, amplifying rather than replacing, and generating momentum that builds over time.
Our Strategic Approach
We implement four interconnected strategies:
Strategic Storytelling: Our 8-week storytelling cycle systematically builds momentum through success stories, implementation guides, and celebration of wins.
Network Amplification: Using Damon Centola's "complex contagion" principle, we strategically engage high-impact communities and bridge influencers who connect multiple networks.
Voice Elevation: We systematically develop recognized authorities within wellbeing economy movements through proven methodologies.
Practical Pathways: We provide clear, tiered engagement options (5-minute, 15-minute, and 1-hour actions) that make participation accessible to everyone.
Our Impact Model
The Connection Engine creates a powerful flywheel effect:
- Compelling stories attract network connections
- Strategic network connections enable implementation
- Implementation generates new success stories
- Each cycle amplifies the next, creating exponential impact
By focusing on connection before community and transformation before resistance, we're shifting narratives from problems to solutions and providing practical pathways for action.
Why Invest Now
The Connection Engine represents a high-leverage investment opportunity:
- We're accelerating existing solutions rather than reinventing wheels
- Our network approach creates exponential rather than linear returns
- Our focus on implementation ensures measurable real-world impact
- Our model is designed for self-sustaining growth through multiple revenue streams
Every dollar invested is multiplied through our network effect, as we don't create new solutions but connect and amplify existing ones.
Our Leadership
The Connection Engine is co-founded by J. Friday, J. Thomas Dunn, Eli White, and Claire Hartnell with contributions from collaborators across various disciplines, bringing together experience in systems change, network building, and strategic storytelling.
The Future We're Building
The Connection Engine's success means reaching a tipping point where wellbeing economies become the new normal. Your investment accelerates this transition—helping create systems that work for both people and planet.
Join us in connecting the solutions, voices, and movements that are building a world where everyone can thrive. Together, we can make wellbeing economies the new normal.