Why we built this

The Solution Seeking System was developed at Beanchain Coffee, a worker-directed café committed to cooperative principles, as a way to foster understanding, accountability, and trust without relying on traditional hierarchical discipline systems.

We built this system because we know that communication and collaboration are some of the most important and hardest things we can do as humans. They're also the root of love, friendship, community, and everything good we can experience here on earth with one another.

We want to see an end to poverty because it's affected us so immensely, and providing a simple way to help people be great communicators and leaders is a step on the path toward that goal. With this, we can help create stronger cooperatives and other kinds of community-centric, people-centric organizations.

Maybe within our lifetime, we can see all people in America and beyond flourishing in systems that provide enough for everyone they are claiming to serve. We all deserve a better future. Let's build it.

— David & Shannon Baxter

Built to be shared

This system is meant to work in concert with whatever management or conflict resolution tools you already use. It's a philosophy that can be applied in tandem with others, in a wide range of settings — workplaces, relationships, and community groups. We hope it helps you.