fracking the social web - squared, november 2013
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The fourth version of "Fracking The Social Web", a talk I give on the Squared programme led by Google in partnership withthe IPA and Impact InternationalTRANSCRIPT
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ARE BRANDS FRACKING THE SOCIAL WEB?
6.11.2013SQUAREDLONDON51.5207° N, 0.1345° W
JOHN V WILLSHIRE
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“WHAT IS IT YOU ACTUALLY DO...?”
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“WORK OF”
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“GOODS MADE”
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A STRONG WORKINGPRINCIPLE
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AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF SPECULATION...
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“...MEN OF SPECULATION, WHOSE TRADE IT IS NOT TO DO ANYTHING, BUT TO OBSERVE EVERYTHING; AND WHO, UPON THAT ACCOUNT, ARE OFTEN CAPABLE OF COMBINING TOGETHER THE POWERS OF THE MOST DISTANT AND DISSIMILAR OBJECTS.”
ADAM SMITH, THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, 1776
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FOURTH TIME AT SQUARED
WWW.WEARESQUARED.COM
WWW.GOOGLE.COM/+WEARESQUARED
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LET’S TALK ABOUT FRACKING...
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“FRACKING IS AN AGGRESSIVE, INVASIVE TECHNIQUE FOR EXTRACTING VALUABLE RAW MATERIALS OUT OF HARD TO REACH PLACES”
PHIL ADAMS, BLONDE DIGITAL(AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER GRAD)
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ATTENTION IS THE MOST VALUABLE RAW MATERIAL THERE IS
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ARE BRANDS FRACKING THE SOCIAL WEB?
ONE QUESTION I’M WRESTLING WITH:
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“I BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE OF BRAND COMMUNICATIONS LIES IN FINDING A WAY TO BECOME PART OF COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT IS SHARED, PARTICIPATORY AND RECIPROCAL”
ME, FIVE YEARS AGO, BEING A DICK
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THAT SOUNDS REALLY ANNOYING
SMITHERY.CO@WILLSHYEP, REALLY ANNOYING.
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“OUR CHALLENGE IS THAT PEOPLE REALLY DON’T CARE”
martin Weigel, W+K
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PERHAPS BRANDS AND THE SOCIAL WEB ARE JUST VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF THING?
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LET’S THINK A LITTLE ABOUT “CONVERSATIONS”
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THREE BOOKS ABOUT THE SKILLS PEOPLE NEED TO SUSTAIN EVERYDAY LIFE
THE CRAFTSMAN2008
TOGETHER2012
WITH “CITIES”TO FOLLOW...
WORKING WELL COOPERATION
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“AN EXCHANGE IN WHICH THE PARTICIPANTS BENEFIT FROM THE ENCOUNTER”
COOPERATION
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IT CONTAINS A VERY USEFUL WAY TO THINK ABOUT CONVERSATION
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“WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WE FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE A CLEAR PRESENTATION, TO PRESENT WHAT WE THINK OR FEEL...”
RICHARD SENNETT, TOGETHER
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CONVERSATION IS ABOUT LISTENING
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BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST LISTENING ISLISTENING WELL
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LISTENING CAREFULLY PRODUCES CONVERSATIONS OF TWO SORTS...THE DIALECTIC AND THE DIALOGIC
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RICHARD SENNETT, TOGETHER
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WHAT THE F***?
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DIALECTIC
FROM WORK OF GERMAN PHILOSOPHER GWF HEGEL
THE INTERACTION AND RESOLUTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE IDEAS
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DIALECTIC:
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“THE AIM IS TO COME EVENTUALLY TO A COMMON UNDERSTANDING”
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DIALECTIC WANTS CONSENSUSA b C D E F G H
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...NO MATTER HOW GOOD THAT CONSENSUS IS
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DIALOGICFROM WORK OF RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHER MIKHAIL BAHKTIN
“A DISCUSSION THAT DOES NOT RESOLVE ITSELF BY FINDING COMMON GROUND...”
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“[PEOPLE] BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR OWN VIEWS AND EXPAND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER”
RICHARD SENNETT, TOGETHER
DIALOGIC:
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IN DIALOGIC CONVERSATION, IDEOLOGIES COEXIST
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THEY CONSTANTLY INTERACT AND INFORM EACH OTHER
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EACH IDEOLOGY CAN HOLD MORE SALIENCE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
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CHANGES CAN BE MADE IF A STRATEGY DOES NOT HAVE THE DESIRED EFFECT
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THIS MIGHT NOT JUST APPLY TO“CONVERSATION”
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THIS INTERPLAY OF IDEAS IS VERY REMINISCENT OF THE SOCIAL WEB...
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WHAT IF THERE ARE DIALECTIC AND
DIALOGIC STRUCTURES & CULTURES TOO?
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ARE TRADITIONAL MARKETING STRUCTURES LIKELY TO BE MORE DIALECTIC?
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ARE SOCIAL WEB PLATFORMS AND COMPANIES MORE
DIALOGIC IN NATURE?
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IT WOULD HELP EXPLAIN THE
CULTURE CLASH
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ARE BRANDSINTENTIONALLY FRACKING THE SOCIAL WEB?
PERHAPS...
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OR IS IT THE FAULT OF A MASSIVE CULTURAL DIVIDE?
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YOUR TONE OF ACTION IS WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE
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MODERN ECONOMICS:
THE VALUE OF A THING IS DETERMINED BY WHAT ONE IS WILLING TO GIVE UP TO OBTAIN
THE THING
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THE LABOUR THEORY OF VALUE
THE VALUE OF SOMETHING IS DETERMINED BY THE LABOUR THAT WENT INTO ITS PRODUCTION
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PERHAPS THERE’S A LABOUR THEORY OF BRAND VALUE*
*it might need a better name, mind
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FIELD NOTES
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£0.99 £3.33PER PADPER PAD
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“MARKETING IS WORLD BUILDING. WITH UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH WE CAN NOW SHOW YOU THE WORLD.”
@TOBYBARNES
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Labour theory of brand value:
you have to make everything with the infinite canvas of the internet in mind http://rivetin.gs/legoinside
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WE’D RATHER BUY THIS WORLD...
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...THAN THIS WORLD
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BRANDS OFTENFIND THIS HARD BECAUSE OF THEIR HOLLOW FACTORY
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THERE ARE TWO OPPOSITE FORCES OF INNOVATION AT WORK IN MOST BIG BRANDS TODAY
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MAKE PRODUCT VERY EFFICIENTLY
MAKE MARKETING AS INTERESTINGAS POSSIBLE
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MARX WAS HALF RIGHT...
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IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION
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IT’S ABOUT THE MEANING IN PRODUCTION
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OVER HERE, IT’S WAY EASIER TO CREATE
MEANING IN PRODUCTION
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BUT IT DEMANDS DRAMATIC CHANGES IN
HOW WE WORK
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COMPETITIONSIMPLICITYCOMPRESSIONCERTAINTY
COOPERATIONCOMPLEXITY
FRAGMENTATIONEXPERIMENTATION
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COOPERATION
COMPLEXITY
FRAGMENTATION EXPERIMENTATION
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EMBRACE THE GRANULARITY OF EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER DONE
FRAGMENTATION
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I’M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE MAKING OF ‘IT’ -WHERE THE MAKING IS PART OF THE STORY OF THE ‘IT’...
THOMAS HEATHERWICK
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IT COULD BE BLENDING EVERYTHING YOU DO NOW WITH A RICH TAPESTRY OF YOUR PAST...
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OR IT COULD BE SHOWING EVERYONE EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THEIR THING...
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break it back
break through
IT’S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE, AND WHAT THEY DO TOGETHER TO MAKE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN
COOPERATION
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YEP.
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HAVING LOTS OF PEOPLE IN A COMPANY MAKES IT EASY...
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OWNING LOTS OF BRANDS MAKES IT HARD
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DON’T CONSOLIDATE. FRAGMENT BY SECTOR,PRODUCT, COUNTRY, REGION...
COMPLEXITY
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THINK OF IT THIS WAY
YOU ARE AN OPERATING SYSTEM
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THERE IS NO “ONE SIZE FITS ALL” IN YOUTUBE
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WITH THE RIGHT MECHANIC, COMPLEXITY BECOMES AMAZINGLY COMPELLING...
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EXPERIMENTATIONSHOW PEOPLE THE FUTURE YOU WANT TO LIVE IN WITH THEM
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“IT’S NOT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT PERSISTENCE OF VISION...”
STUART WOODHEAD OF INNOVATIONHEATHERWICK STUDIO
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WHICH ALL SOUNDS AMAZING
BUT HERE’S THE CATCH
YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP SOMETHING FOR EACH OF THESE
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GIVE UP PERFECTIONISM
TO EMBRACE
FRAGMENTATION
SWAP IT FOR
CONTENT
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GIVE UP CONTROL
TO EMBRACE
COOPERATION
SWAP IT FOR
COMMUNITY
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GIVE UP CONSOLIDATION
TO EMBRACE
COMPLEXITY
SWAP IT FOR
SPEED
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GIVE UP KNOWING
TO EMBRACE
EXPERIMENTATION
SWAP IT FOR
LEARNING
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“LEARN, THINK AND THRIVE IN THE CONTEXT OF WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND ULTIMATE UNCERTAINTY”
RUPERT WEGERIF
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MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES...
MAKING SENSE OF BROAD BRANDSEMILY HARE, EDITOR, CONTAGIOUS
HTTP://RIVETIN.GS/CONTAGIOUSJOHN V WILLSHIRE, MARTIN WEIGEL, MARK EARLS, SARAH WATSON, MARCUS WENNER...
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THANK YOUJOHN V WILLSHIRE
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