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It doesn’t seem like much, but over 25 years, you realize that it’s a quarter-million dollars. Then you sit down and calculate the compound interest. Collaborative Consumption. = when a community gets together “through organized sharing, swapping, bartering, trading, gifting and renting to get the same pleasures of ownership with reduced personal cost and burden, and lower environmental impact [1] URL = Wikipedia From the Wikipedia: "The term collaborative consumption is used to describe the cultural and economic force away from 'hyper-consumption' to re-invented economic models of sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting that have been enabled by advances in social media and peer-to-peer online platforms.
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We found that innovators in these markets use a unique approach to innovation that starts by upending assumptions and asking fundamental, rather than incremental "what if" questions when developing a new product, service, or business model. Asking these fundamental questions, we learned, often leads to simple and focused design of a “good enough” solution--an affordable product or service that effectively meets the basic needs of hundreds of thousands of customers in emerging markets. Links. Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan - Anthony Tjan. By Anthony K.
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According to the Industrial Technologies arm of the Research and Innovation department of the European Commission, it is estimated that 70% of all new product innovation is based on materials with new or improved properties. These emergent materials and their associated technologies are changing the way that architects and designers work and the way that we as consumers are engaging with the buildings and products that surround us. Dr Sascha Peters is an innovation consultant and materials specialist from Germany.
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In partnership with Accenture, the WEF just released its report, "More With Less," which accurately pinpoints the systemic triggers, barriers and urgent need for action inherent in this necessary transition. At face value, sustainable consumption seems counterintuitive to growth, but the report identifies the extraordinary competitive and economic opportunities for businesses, whether catalyzed by resource scarcity, population growth, the burgeoning middle class, or changing consumer values. Can't get no satisfaction: Why service companies can't keep their promises. Service companies can’t show customers a tangible product. Since services are intangible, the only way to sell them is by making a promise to perform. But most service companies fail to keep their promises, leaving customers frustrated, confused and abused.
Why do so many service companies fail to keep their promises to customers? Customers have become accustomed to being abused by the companies they buy services from. Customer expectations for most services are low, low, low. Fewer than 1 in 10 customers say companies are exceeding their service expectations. The Last Viridian Note. By Bruce Sterling Recent events have clearly established that the character of the times has changed. Make It Do - The sustainable is about time.
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