In my opinion, it must be supported by an improved social technology, yet keeping with our craving for power and privilege. Semantically, what would replace Christ, King or Capital? The answer looks obvious at the surface : I, so is Individualism to be raised up to the level of an ideology? Another avenue is to look at the commons movement with the sharing and caring economy currently being praised. What about "Commonism" ... You name it !
Preparing a talk about Facebook, pondering about the ideological framework from an historical perspective, I designed the above board. Can you name the background of our quest for personal recognition? Several ideas emerged in my mind: networkism, tribalism, ... Yet, none is satisfactory.
In my opinion, it must be supported by an improved social technology, yet keeping with our craving for power and privilege. Semantically, what would replace Christ, King or Capital? The answer looks obvious at the surface : I, so is Individualism to be raised up to the level of an ideology? Another avenue is to look at the commons movement with the sharing and caring economy currently being praised. What about "Commonism" ... You name it !
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Entrepreneur, une affaire de style ? Une infographie récente : "What's your Startup Style" (voir ici) donne une image très caricaturale, quasiment "génétique" du profil de l'entrepreneur qui démarre son affaire ou qui devient un parmi les milliers de personnes à lancer une startup. Au-delà des résultats 'simplistes' et 'évidents' relatif au point commun à tous ces profils : "86% créent leur business par motivation personnelle", la classification proposée est tout sauf un reflet exact de la population entrepreneuriale. Value … what is value(d) today?
Heard on the grapevine: "Value is what a damn fool is ready to pay for it!". Discarding the price element, value is the perceived capacity of a product or service to satisfy a set of needs. New business mindsets and pricing models will have us revisiting this rather basic definition in order to introduce two concepts, namely benefits impact and benefits scope. Think of the following situation: you are offered a free cinema ticket provided you contribute with all the other spectators to the supply of the necessary energy that will power the infrastructure. You are kindly asked to collectively do some wheeling on bicycles, supplying the watts through electric-pedal power generator, whilst you are watching the latest "Shrek IV" movie. To overcome the whirr of the wheels, you are equipped with the latest hearing sets technology and, presto you are having a "Green Cinema Experience" … for FREE! |
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