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Shifting (Successfully) to a Knowledge-based Economy The fundamental basis of the knowledge-based economy has shifted from manufacturing (product-based) economies to production based on services and service management. The advanced economies of the US, Europe and Japan have already shifted largely to service provision. As this period has overlapped with the offloading of mass manufacturing to . . . → Read More: Reframing innovation value – From products to service strategies As someone who gets paid to do foresight research, I have a brief response to the Fast Company article How To Thrive In The Free-Product Economy. They state as a “law:” If a product on the market can be monetized by any means other than directly selling it, a comparable version of that product will . . . → Read More: Deflationary economies yield free-product ecologies The near term (Horizon 2) promises exciting and provocative proposals for the envisioned role of emerging technology in health services. Personalized medication. Concierge medical advising for the masses. And iPads (or whatever they become) for everyone. In Dr. Eric Topol’s The Creative Destruction of Medicine there are fantastic ideas for the possibilities of technology and . . . → Read More: Technology Will Not Save Healthcare Britannica finally shut down its print version, and of course pundits blamed Wikipedia. They might have blamed Britannica online, on which you can search for free and read longer pieces. Just like Wikipedia. We, the Weberati, have been entranced by the rapid growth and apparent cooperative organization of the free-to-read Wikipedia. Academics and commentators have . . . → Read More: Wikipedia – The Sound of a Million Monkeys Typing (Or is it just in the spirit of Global Future Day, March 1st? Not the best day to have chosen IMO.) Future Shock 1.0 foresaw the 1970′s oil and geo-political shocks, and let’s say 2.0 was pre-millennial fear. Future Shock 3.0 rains down upon our culture – as hopeful optimism. Over-optimism is what they call . . . → Read More: Future Shock 3.0 |
What is happening right now that brought you here today? Design Dialogues exchanges points of view on design-led innovation, social research, and systemic design. One viewpoint is that my ideas may be evolving, and not final. I do invite you to share your ideas and responses. @redesign is always a good start. What's the innovation of reality? Our economic and social institutions have hit peak governance. This means (roughly), all decisions from 2008 on will cost twice as much to employ. Yet our systems have defended themselves well from structural innovation, while they continue to demand (micro) "innovation" to sustain their grasp. Societal systems have grown beyond their capacity to transform by management. Yet they are largely designed to disarm bottom-up change. Collaboration alone is insufficient - We truly need new cultures of co-innovation, collectively deciding, and socially organizing. A community of practice meets for dialogues in person every 2nd Wednesday in Toronto: Art, science, and design are different ways of knowing. In the arenas of action (business, community, and social co-creation) they regenerate each other. All ways of knowing are invited to the dance of change, if we are to interfere & reinvent our values and systems to open these possibilities. Your participation is requested, and required. |
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