THECOLLABORATIVEECONOMY

JAN 2012

NICK JANKEL, WECREATE

@NICKWECREATE

BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR LEADERS & ORGS TO

INNOVATE COLLABORATIVELY

THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, COACHING & DESIGN

ECONOMYTHE PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT OF WEALTH & RESOURCES

TRIBES / CLASS HIERARCHIES / BUREAUCRACIES MARKETS

TRIBALRESOURCES & WEALTH GIVEN TO THE STRONG

HIERARCHICALRESOURCES & WEALTH TAKEN BY THE POWERFUL

MARKETRESOURCES & WEALTH FLOW TOWARDS THE INGENIOUS & INDUSTRIOUS

(& BANKS / VENTURE CAPITALISTS)

TRIBES / CLASS HIERARCHIES / BUREAUCRACIES MARKETS NETWORKS /

COLLABORATION

WHY COLLABORATIVE?

INTHE LAST24HOURS

1BILLION CONTENT PIECES ADDED TO FACEBOOK

70,000HOURSYOUTUBE VIDEOS UPLOADED

3BILLIONYOUTUBE VIDEOS VIEWED

3VIDEOSPER GLOBAL INTERNET USER PER DAY

30MILLIONIPHONE APPS DOWNLOADEDANDFACEBOOK APPS DOWNLOADED

500MILLIONSKYPE CALLS

100,000NEW LINKEDIN MEMBERS

100,000NEW INTERNET USERS

300BILLION

EMAILS SENT

16BILLION

SMS MESSAGES SENT

“SOWHAT?”

REVOLUTION 2.0

WITH GREATER LONG-TERM & FAR-REACHING IMPACTS THAN THE POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS

THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

“A revolution doesn't happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviours.”

CLAY SHIRKY

BY THE WEB

DRIVEN(AND TECHNOLOGIES LIKE DEMOCRACY)

BY PARTICIPATION

INSPIRED

INTRINSIC HUMAN NATURE TO CREATE, SHARE, CONNECT

LIBERATING

10,000 WATTS / DAY + 1010 TOOLS

5 MILLENNIA100 WATTS / DAY+ A FEW TOOLS

"Predicting the future of the Internet is easy: anything it hasn’t yet dramatically transformed, it will. People, companies, investors and even countries can’t stop this transformation. The only choice you have is whether you join the side of innovation and progress or you don’t.”

CHRIS DIXON

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HIERARCHIES ARE BEING DISSOLVED IN A

GLOBALISED PARTICIPATORY NETWORKED SOCIETY

BREAKING DOWN

VERTICALS

SILOSBLURRING LEADING TO MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PROJECTS

ADAPTABILITY

SPEED

INGENUITY

SCALE

JUSTICE

VISION

(COM)PASSION

INDEPENDENCE

CITIZENSHIP

PUBLIC SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR

3RD SECTOR

ADAPTABILITY

SPEED

INGENUITY

SCALE

JUSTICE

VISION

(COM)PASSION

INDEPENDENCE

CITIZENSHIP

PUBLIC SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR

3RD SECTOR

OPPRESSION

INERTIA

WASTEFULNESS

SHORT-TERM

GREED

IRRESPONSIBILITY

RIGHTEOUS

INEFFECTUAL

VESTED INTERESTS

ADAPTABILITY

SPEED

INGENUITY

SCALE

JUSTICE

VISION

(COM)PASSION

INDEPENDENCE

CITIZENSHIP

PUBLIC SECTOR

PRIVATE SECTOR

3RD SECTOR

OPPRESSION

INERTIA

WASTEFULNESS

SHORT-TERM

GREED

IRRESPONSIBILITY

RIGHTEOUS

INEFFECTUAL

VESTED INTERESTS

OPPRESSION

INERTIA

WASTEFULNESS

SCALE

JUSTICE

VISION

RIGHTEOUS

INEFFECTUAL

VESTED INTERESTS

(COM)PASSION

INDEPENDENCE

CITIZENSHIP

ADAPTABILITY

SPEED

INGENUITY

PROFIT MOTIVE

GREED

IRRESPONSIBILITY

NETWORKED

SOCIETY

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WE NEED ALL PARTS OF SOCIETY TO COME TOGETHER

TO SOLVE OUR MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES

LIES INCREASINGLY AT THE EDGES

POWER

PEERPOWER DISPLACES HIERARCHICAL POWER TO BECOME THE MOST IMPORTANT FORCE IN SOCIETY

PEOPLE POWER IS DRIVING EVERYTHING FROM THE RISE

OF OBESITY TO THE UPRISINGS OF THE ARAB

SPRING

MOUNTAINS GROW

DEBT

CRUNCHCREDIT CRUNCH LIMITS CAPACITY TO GROW BUT NOT APPETITE

SCARCITYNOT ENOUGH TIME, MONEY OR INTELLIGENCE TO WORK ALONE

ONEPERSON, ENTERPRISE OR STATE CANNOT ACHIEVE AIMS ALONE

“If you want to go fast,go alone. If you want to go far, go with a group.” 

AFRICAN PROVERB

IF YOU HAVE AMBITION YOU

NEED TO COLLABORATE

AGE OFCO-CREATION

LAWOF REQUISITE VARIETY

FIT THE CONTEXTOR FAIL

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GM - INVENTOR OF LINE MANAGEMENT & KPI’S -

WENT BUST IN THE NETWORK

PRINCIPLESOF HOW WE DO BUSINESS MUST CHANGE

TRIBE (CLASS) HIERARCHY MARKET NETWORK

CENTRAL IDEA

STRENGTH THROUGH SOLIDARITY POWER THROUGH FEAR REWARDS THROUGH

COMPETITIONFLOURISHING THROUGH

CO-CREATION

MOTIVES LOYALTY AND KIN FEAR AND VESTED INTEREST GREED & SELF-INTEREST COMMON PURPOSE & COLLECTIVE GROWTH

VALUE CREATION COLLECTIVE EFFORT CONQUER NATIONS &

MARKETSECONOMIES OF SCALE &

PROPRIETARY IPENABLING ECOSYSTEMS & CO-

CREATIONS

TYPES OF LEADER HERO AUTOCRAT ENTREPRENEUR /

TECHNOCRAT COLLABORATOR

WORK

NETS

REDUCETRANSACTION COSTS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS

INCREASEFLOW OF IDEAS & INTENTIONS

OPEN UPUP TO RESOURCES & SOURCES OF VALUE OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANISATION

COLLABORATION TAKES A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OF

ENERGY

AND A DIFFERENT WAY OF WORKING

AS UNUSUAL

BUSINESS

HOW

KNOW

WHAT, WHEN, WHO & WHY

KNOW

MBAS & PHDS NOT AS IMPORTANT

IQ

THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL OF THE 21ST CENTURY

CIQ

BACTERIA BETTER ABLE TO COLLABORATE THAN

MOST OF US!

TO COMPETE

TRAINED

TO COLLABORATE

BORN

YOURSELF & OTHERS

TRUST

SEEKWIN WINS

SEEKWIN WIN WINS

ALWAYSEXIST IF WILLING TO ABANDON ASSUMPTIONS

RISKY?BUSINESS

HOLDING ONTO THE OLD IDEAS IS FAR MORE

DANGEROUS THAN RISKING NEW ONES

COLLABORATIVERESOURCES & WEALTH FLOW TO THOSE WITH COMMON PURPOSE, OPENNESS & WILLINGNESS TO SHARE

"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”

CHARLES DARWIN

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