rateocracy: when everyone and everything has a rating
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Rateocracy, a future in which everyone and everything has a rating, is quickly approaching. Today we rate people, products, restaurants and places in a fragmented way. But, there are strong commercial reasons for a peer-generated, numeric rating system that allows cross-comparison. How will Rateocracy evolve and what are its implications? How will this impact corporations and organizations? What will life in the Rateocracy era feel like? Come explore these questions in a session built on the outline published in The Futurist and ResearchWorld magazines. This presentation was given by Robert Moran (Brunswick Group) and Christopher Carfi (Swipp) at the World Future Society annual meeting in Chicago in July 2013. #wf13TRANSCRIPT
RATEOCRACY:When Everyone and Everything Has a Rating
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@robertpmoran
@ccarfi
Follow Along
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http://rwconnect.esomar.org/2012/11/01/rateocracy-and-its-impact-on-market-research/
http://www.wfs.org/futurist/may-june-2012-vol-46-no-3/%E2%80%9Crateocracy%E2%80%9D-and-corporate-reputation
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What is Rateocracy?
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Numeric Ratings
Transparent
In Real-Time
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Every Person
Every Product
Every Place
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Where Trends Intersect
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Rateocracy in Perspective.
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We’re well on our way.
Products and Services
Employers
Educators
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And, we’re already endorsing others online.
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Some firms have tried.
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... And failed
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Future Scenario 1: “Hello there, High-Roller (Rated Person)”
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It’s History.
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Future Scenario 2: When Negative Ratings Become a Legal Matter
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Fact Following Fiction
…She stood and extended her hand. “I’m Lil,” she said.
“Dan,” he said. “It’s a pleasure.”
I knew she was pinging his Whuffie and I caught her look of surprised disapproval. Us oldsters who predate Whuffie know that it’s important; but to kids, it’s the world. Someone without any is automatically suspect….
…I took out my dated apparat, with its retro walnut finish and its dusty screen blinking with slow data, trying to get a read on whether there were any High Net Worth Individuals in the room – last chance to find some new clients for my boss, Joshie, after having found a grand total of one client during the whole year – but no one’s face was famous enough to register on my display…
Vishnu worked my apparat until some RANKINGS came up. He helped me navigate the data. “Out of seven males in the Community,” he said, gesturing around the bar, “Noah’s the third hottest, I’m the fourth hottest, and Lenny’s the seventh.” “You mean I’m the ugliest guy here?” I ran my fingers through the remnants of my hair. “But you’ve got a decent personality.” Vishnu comforted me, “and you’re second in the who bar in terms of SUSTAINABILIT¥.”
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Nine Implications for Corporations
1. New Balance of Power
2. Great Expectations
3. Corporate Leadership in a Transparent World
4. 24/7 Reputation Management
5. Tight Feedback Loop
6. Employees as Leading Indicators
7. Statistical Projectability
8. Information Trends
9. Rateocracy Meets Augmented Reality
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Three Paths to Rateocracy
1. Niche by Niche2. Middleware3. Universal Rating Platform
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Rating Products, Services, People and Places
Rating Class Anticipated Developments
Products Begins with consumer durables and expands to fast moving consumer goods. As IoT develops, the ratings become embedded in the product.
Services Begins with ratings services at the brand level.
Service Providers Evolves to include rating specific service providers (doctors, lawyers, teachers, waiters, hair stylists, etc.)
Service Locations Rating specific service locations such as restaurants, automotive service stations, convenience stores, etc.
People Already happening in the form of recommendations on LinkedIN. Generally requires a social media platform, until strong, universal facial recognition software is available.
Places Built on geolocation functions in mobile devices. Could allow for heatmaps of cities that identify happy and sad places.
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2011 2012 2013
Universal rating app created by Milk Labs.Reached 150,000 users, but lasts only 5 months.
Started by former Googlers. Bought by Yahoo! In 2012. Not a rating app, but a recommendation stamp.
Universal rating app on an 11 point scale (-5 to +5).
Universal Rating Platforms
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The Rateocracy MeshPeople Brands Things
AirBnB, eBay, Collaborative Economy
Credit Scores, Klout FitBit, QS
Yelp S&P Ratings, Consumer Reports
TBD
RelayRides KBB Check engine light
Kickstarter DNC, RNC TBD
TripAdvisor MIchelin TBD
People
Brands
Things
Ideas
Experiences
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The Rateocracy MeshPeople Brands Things
AirBnB, eBay, Collaborative Economy
Credit Scores, Klout FitBit, QS
Yelp S&P Ratings, Consumer Reports
TBD
RelayRides KBB Check engine light
Kickstarter DNC, RNC TBD
TripAdvisor MIchelin TBD
People
Brands
Things
Ideas
Experiences
These
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The Rateocracy MeshPeople Brands Things
AirBnB, eBay, Collaborative Economy
Credit Scores, Klout FitBit, QS
Yelp S&P Ratings, Consumer Reports
TBD
RelayRides KBB Check engine light
Kickstarter DNC, RNC TBD
TripAdvisor MIchelin TBD
People
Brands
Things
Ideas
Experiences
Rate these
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The Rateocracy MeshPeople Brands Things
AirBnB, eBay, Collaborative Economy
Credit Scores, Klout FitBit, QS
Yelp S&P Ratings, Consumer Reports
TBD
RelayRides KBB Check engine light
Kickstarter DNC, RNC TBD
TripAdvisor MIchelin TBD
People
Brands
Things
Ideas
Experiences
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What do you think about Google?
http://swp.it/wfs-01
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What do you think aboutGoogle Glass?
http://swp.it/wfs-02
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What do you think about wearing Google Glass in the shower?
http://swp.it/wfs-03
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Architecture
what do you think +4.3/345
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Canon
Canon EOS 7D
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swipp it
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Joe Thorson
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apps.facebook.com
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Journey
Most companies dabbling in social as a communication vehicle
Limited business effectiveness
Vague and difficult to measure results and returns
Improve engagement and interaction
Gather market feedback and quantifiable data
Get familiar with Social Intelligence
Technical integration and customer testing
Based on learnings, integrate more deeply and broadly into:
•Extended comms vehicles
•Campaigns and initiatives
•Services
•Products
Business Intelligence merges with Social Intelligence to inform business activities
Example: Amazon Studios / Netflix use crowd ratings and views to determine properties to develop and distribute, disrupting incumbent Studios through increased process efficiency and risk mitigation
Social Intelligence becomes an asset class informing future business relevance, profit protection and business sustainability. Customer / marketplace data drives company valuation
Stage 2Experimental
Stage 3Functional
Stage 4Process Integration
Stage 5New AssetCreation
Stage 1Traditional
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BlogHerhttp://www.blogher.com/do-you-follow-food-trends-which-ones
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Markets For Good
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Building Rateocracy into the Product
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P2P / Sharing economy implications
Lenders Borrowers
Shared items
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The inevitable future
The Play Chicago
+3.7
Pedro’s Grill
+1.9
You just swipped
Times Square
+3.4 +4.1 2,346+3YOUR SCORE INDEX TODAY (GMT) TRENDING SWIPPERS
SWIPPS WORLDWIDE
SCORE SPREAD
53,509
3,509
SWIPPS OVER TIME (GMT)
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+2.1
+3.5
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+4.1Times Square
+4.2
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The inevitable future
Your friend John Sebastian current world evaluation
+3.7 see scores
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Thank you!
http://www.brunswickgroup.comhttp://www.swipp.com
@robertpmoran
@ccarfi