we create our world - brighton
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Talk & workshop at Richmond Headteachers Conference, March 2011TRANSCRIPT
BRIGHTON, MARCH 2011NICK JANKEL
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WE CREATE OUR WORLD
TOOLS, TOOLKITS & TRAINING
TO CO-CREATE A RADICALLY BETTER WORLD
BOOSTING THE INNOVATION CAPABILITIES
OF THE MOST DISADVANTAGED
SO THEY CAN SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS TOGETHER
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ImpactImpact
Stage 1 2 3 4
State Status Quo Disruption Exploration (Re)Creation
Reaction Shock & Denial
Anger, fear Acceptance Commitment
Positive
Negative
ImpactImpact
Stage 1 2 3 4
State Status Quo Disruption Exploration (Re)Creation
Reaction Shock & Denial
Anger, fear Acceptance Commitment
Positive
Negative
Designed Change
ImpactImpact
Stage 1 2 3 4
State Status Quo
Disruption Exploration (Re)Creation
Reaction Shock & Denial
Anger, fear
Acceptance Commitment
Positive
Negative
Designed Change
Change
Time
Slow and steady change over most of human history
The Scientific Revolution We are here
(perhaps)X
CRISIS IS THE BEST TIME TO CREATE
CHANGE...
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DESTABILIZING HIERARCHIES
MORE SOCIAL
DEMANDS
REDUCED BUDGETS,
TIME, ATTENTION
++
= PROBLEM
CHANGES WE ARE CURRENTLY
FACING
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THE POWER OF THE
CROWD TO HELP CO-CREATE
DRIVE TO INNOVATE
DRIVE TO COLLABORATE
++
= OPPORTUNITY
DESTABILIZING HIERARCHIES
MORE SOCIAL
DEMANDS
REDUCED BUDGETS,
TIME, ATTENTION
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HIERARCHIES EFFICIENT WAY OF SCALING IMPACT & ENSURING RESULTS
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MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO
FIX OUR MENTAL MODELS
ENSURE PEOPLE THINK
THE SAME
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HIERARCHIES ARE BEING DISSOLVED
IN A
GLOBALISED PARTICIPATORY
AND ABOVE ALL NETWORKED SOCIETY
ONE TWEET PER GLOBAL CITIZEN / MONTH
TRIBES / CLASS
HIERARCHIES / BUREAUCRACIES
MARKETS NETWORKS
THE COLLABORATIVE STAGE OF EVOLUTION
TRIBE / CLASS HIERARCHY MARKET NETWORKS
SOLIDARITY AUTHORITY COMPETITION CO-CREATION
TRIBEWELLBEING
VESTED INTEREST SELF INTEREST COLLECTIVE GOOD
SEGMENTS SILOS ATOMIZED SELF-ORGANISED
THE NETWORKED ECONOMY
ROBUSTNESS, FLEXIBILITY, SPONTANEOUS INNOVATION.
SEMI-AUTONOMOUS FUNCTIONING NEEDING MINIMAL SUPERVISION
SELF-ORGANISATION
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COLLECTIVE GOOD
NON-ZERO SUM GAME THINKING LEADING TO A
COLLECTIVE SEARCH FOR WIN WIN WINS (WITHOUT THE DISTORTION OF VESTED
INTERESTS)
CO-CREATION
EGALITARIAN, OPEN COLLABORATION CREATING NEW STRUCTURES & FORMS NEVER CONCEIVED BEFORE
WELCOME TO THE AGE
OFCO-CREATION
ONE SIZE FITS ALL,
DETERMINED BY THE
AUTHORITY
INNOVATIONIN HIERARCHIES =
GROUPS FORM
AROUND INTERESTS
AND THEN SELF-SOLVE PROBLEMS
CO-CREATION IN NETWORKS =
WHO ARE THE INNOVATORS IN
THE AGE OF CO-CREATION?
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
VISIONRIGHTEOUS
INEFFECTUAL
VESTED INTERESTS
(COM)PASSION
INDEPENDENCE
CITIZENSHIP
ADAPTABILITY
SPEED
INGENUITY
PROFIT MOTIVE
GREED
IRRESPONSIBILITY
CO-CREATION
ETHICAL INNOVATOR WITHIN THE SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE
Stage 1 / Spark & Focus
Stage 2 / Transform & Disrupt
Stage 3 / Listen & Design
Stage 4 / Storytell & BrandStage 5 / Connect & EngageStage 6 / Flow & Grow
Stage 7 / Open & Co-create
NO ONE ORG CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW TO SOLVE
A COMPLEX ISSUE ALONE
NOT ENOUGH TIME, MONEY, INTELLIGENCE & ATTENTION TO CONTINUE BUSINESS AS
USUAL
TO ACHIEVE A GOAL OF ANY
AMBITION, TODAY WE NEED TO COLLABORATE
A ONCE-IN-A- GENERATION OPPORTUNITY
TO CO-CREATE A RADICALLY BETTER WORLD
NOT JUST THE LUCKY MINORITY
THAT WORKS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
WITH THIS GREAT
FREEDOM COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
TO QUESTION OUR
ASSUMPTIONS & IDEAS
TO BECOME RADICAL COLLABORATORS
EXCELLING AT CO-CREATION...
THE MOST IMPORTANT SKILL OF THE 21ST
CENTURY
IN THE LONG HISTORY OF HUMANKIND (AND ANIMAL KIND, TOO) THOSE WHO LEARNED TO COLLABORATE AND IMPROVISE MOST EFFECTIVELY HAVE PREVAILED.
CHARLES DARWIN
IF YOU DOUBT WHAT CO-
CREATION CAN DO...
TOGETHER EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE
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THING YOU ARE PROUD OF HAVING COLLABORATED ON (AND WHAT IT TAUGHT YOU)
MOST DEVELOPED INNOVATIONSKILLS
WORDS YOUR COLLEAGUES MIGHT USE TO DESCRIBE YOU AT YOUR BEST
Spark
Vision & Values
Skills & Talents
Focus Problem
What major problem(s) are you passionate
about solving now? What market do you
want to challenge now? Why? What is
your model of change?
What value do you offer the world -
unique skills, experiences, talents
and capacities?
Harnessing these, what is your vision for a better world?
What qualities do you value most in this
vision?
What is your reason for existing? What
special sauce do you bring to any
situation?
Spiral 1
Focus Problem
Innovation Opportunity
Innovation Insights
What it is the idea / service and what it
will do?
WHat value can you see in the problem? What can you see
that runs contrary to received wisdom?
What is possible for your vision? How
could someone transform the
problem?
What is the problem you are solving? Why is it not being solved
by your competitors?
InnovationProposition
Spiral 2
HOW CAN I BEST SERVE WHAT’S SEEKING TO
EMERGE?
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