7. Uber
• Launched June 2010
• 330 cities in 60 countries
• Limited physical assets
• USD 51 bln valuation
(Ericsson – USD 32 bln)
“Doing more with less” through a global
platform
11. The automotive industry
Disruptions ......the likes of which the
industry hasn’t seen since the
automated assembly line.
http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2015/01/auto-industry-innovation.html
19. If the rate of change on the
outside (of an organization)
exceeds the rate of change on
the inside, the end is near....
-Jack Welch
20.
21. People
• “Net generation”
• 24x7 “mobile” workforce
• Knowledge via MOOCs
• Sharing not owning
• Sustainability
Technology
• Broadband access
• Mobile phones
• The cloud
• Internet of Things
• Big Data
• 3D printing
• Robotics/AI
• VR/AR
• Holography
• Blockchain
Open Source IP
• Software
• Hardware
• Physibles
Convergence of…..
Finance
• Microlending/microfinance
• Crowdfunding/equity/P2P
• Non-fiat cryptocurrencies
• Mobile money/payments
• M2M payments
22. History tends to repeat itself….
Innovation, financial crisis, industrial revolution, …
Steam
engine
Internal
combustion
engine
Internet
Microelectronics
Late 18th C Late 19th C Late 20th C
Schön 2008
Third
industrial
revolution?
29. Jobs that did not exist 10 years ago
iOS/Android developer
Social media manager
UI/UX designer
Big data architect
Cloud services specialist
Digital marketing specialist
Sustainability expert
Zumba instructor
Beach body coach
http://talent.linkedin.com/blog/index.php/2014/01/top-10-job-titles-that-didnt-exist-5-years-ago-infographic
30. No one knows everything,
everyone knows something,
all knowledge resides in humanity.networks.
Adapted from Lévy 1997Image: Krebs
31. Community platform
Hierarchicalfirm
VS
E.g., Ford
~ Created by employees within
organizational boundaries
E.g., Local Motors
~ Created by community collaborators
regardless of affiliation
Teigland, Di Gangi, & Yetis 2012
The Flipped Firm: New model of value creation?
32. “Local Motors is the place for people to create
influential vehicles together.”
http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2015/02/local-motors-and-the-radical-redesign-of-business.html
• 100xs less capital cost
• 5xs faster production
44. What’s around the corner?
24x7 Global Internet Collaboration + Open Source + 3D Printing
http://mashable.com/2013/02/13/robohand/
$60,000
$150
Available for free
download on
$45
Where is
the firm?
45. The Collaborative Economy:
Peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions on
multi-sided Platforms (MSPs)
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/strategic-decisions-for-multisided-platforms/
46. Thomas Jefferson (1816)
“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand
with the progress of the human mind.”
The problem is that the human mind itself
can’t keep pace with the advances that
computers are enabling.
http://wadhwa.com/2014/04/15/mit-technology-review-laws-and-ethics-cant-keep-pace-with-technology/
47. The challenge of ensuring trust
Leap of faith when
meeting strangers ->
Increased trust in
society?
Innovation is forward
looking while
regulations are
backward looking.
http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/rise-demand-economy
48.
49. Betting on the Blockchain - Together
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,
Credit Suisse, Barclays,
Commonwealth Bank of
Australia,
State Street, RBS, BBVA, UBS,
Nordea, SEB, + ……
+
50. Enablers of a “true” Collaborative Economy?
Blockchains
Collaborative
Economy
IoT/sensors
P2P/M2M
micropayments
Big data
51. Some questions…
• What basic assumptions will no longer hold,
e.g., economies of scale, third party
verification?
• How will trust be enabled?
• How will new forms of value creation be
regulated?
• Why does the firm exist?