Seminar on 'Doing More with Less' for Welsh National Assembly.

1. DOING MORE WITH LESS
JAN 2011
NICK JANKEL
WWW.WECREATE.CC

2. WHY DO MONKEYS THAT
POKE EACH OTHER’S EYES
OUT SURVIVE LONGER?

3. COLLECTIVE
PROSPERITY
(AND PEACE)
INNOVATION
LEADERSHIP
COLLABORATION

4. WORDS YOUR MOST THING YOU ARE
COLLEAGUES DEVELOPED PROUD OF
MIGHT USE TO OPEN HAVING
DESCRIBE YOU INNOVATION COLLABORATED
AT YOUR BEST SKILLS ON (AND WHAT
IT TAUGHT YOU)
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5. OPEN
CLOSED

7. HIERARCHIES
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8. COMMAND &
CONTROL
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9. RISK
MINIMISATION

10. REJECTION OF
INNOVATORS /
MAVERICKS
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11. WORKS IN A
MECHANISTIC
WORLD OF
STUPID, SELF-
INTERESTED
‘COGS’

12. BUT WE NOW
LIVE IN A
NETWORKED,
PARTICIPATORY
SOCIETY
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13. ONE TWEET
PER GLOBAL
CITIZEN /
MONTH

14. CAPACITY FOR
NETWORKED
INTELLIGENCE
EXPONENTIAL

15. HETERARCHIES
NETWORKS
MARKETS
HIERARCHIES /
BUREAUCRACIES
TRIBES

16. TRIBE HIERARCHY MARKET NETWORK HETERARCHY
SOLIDARITY AUTHORITY COMPETITION CO-OPERATION CO-CREATION
GROUP COLLECTIVE
VESTED INTEREST SELF INTEREST REPUTATION
ENDURANCE GOOD
TRUSTED
KINSHIP POLICIES CONTRACTS CONVENTIONS
AGREEMENTS
SELF-
SEGMENTS SILOS ATOMIZED WEBS
ORGANIZED

17. LAW OF
REQUISITE
VARIETY
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18. ONE SIZE
FITS ALL,
HEGEMONY = DETERMINED
BY
AUTHORITY

19. NETWORKS
FORM
AROUND
MULTIPLICITY = AFFINITIES
AND SELF-
SOLVE
PROBLEMS

20. IN A HOT, FLAT,
WICKED CROWDED &
PROBLEMS VERY VERY
HUNGRY
WORLD

21. NOT ENOUGH
TIME, MONEY,
INTELLIGENCE
& ATTENTION
TO WORK
ALONE

22. TODAY, TO
ACHIEVE A GOAL
OF ANY SERIOUS
AMBITION, WE
NEED TO
COLLABORATE

23. BACTERIA CONVERSE IN A
COMPLEX CHEMICAL LANGUAGE, IF
THE THRONG IS SUFFICIENTLY
LARGE AND LIKE-MINDED — IF
THERE IS A QUORUM — THEY ACT.
TINY BACTERIAL CELLS CAN BAND
TOGETHER AND PERFORM THE
WORK OF GIANTS. THEY CAN
COMPOST AN ELEPHANT, FERTILIZE
AN OAK FOREST OR LIGHT UP THE
OCEANS IN THE EERIE TEAL GLOW
OF BIOLUMINESCENCE.
BACTERIA
COLLABORATE
BETTER THAN
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24. TAUGHT TO
COMPETE
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25. CULT OF
INDIVIDUAL

26. REWARDED AS
SELVES

27. CELEBRATION
OF
OWNERSHIP

28. MYTH OF
SURVIVAL OF
THE FITTEST

29. ZERO SUM GAME
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30. PATERNALISTIC
HANGOVER

31. INSTITUTIONS WEDDED TO
CURRENT SOLUTIONS

32. IN A HOT, FLAT,
WICKED CROWDED &
PROBLEMS VERY VERY
HUNGRY
WORLD

33. HOBBES
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34. LUPUS EST HOMO HOMINI, NON HOMO
MAN IS A WOLF TO MAN, NOT A MAN
PLAUTUS

35. DOMINATION
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36. DISSIPATION
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37. DISINTEGRATION
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38. INSTITUTIONS
HAVE LONG
MEMORIES

40. QUICKER, FASTER,
CHEAPER, BETTER

41. IDENTIFY
OUTDATED
IDEAS

42. THE SMALLEST IDEA IS A
RESILIENT VIRUS. IT CAN GROW
TO DEFINE OR DESTROY YOU.
INCEPTION
42

43. LET GO OF
OLD IDEAS &
BUSINESS AS
USUAL
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44. YOUR BEHAVIOURS ARE INFLUENCED
BY OTHERS IN YOUR NETWORK FAR
MORE STRONGLY THAN YOU MIGHT
THINK, EVEN BY PEOPLE YOU’VE
NEVER MET. OBESITY MAY BE
INFLUENCED BY YOUR PEERS MORE
THAN BY YOUR PARENTS.
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, 2009
INNOVATION IS
NEVER A SOLO
PURSUIT

45. ANTS AREN’T SMART. ANT COLONIES
ARE.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE &
CREATIVITY
NEEDED ARE IN
THE CROWD
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46. CHIMPS AND INFANTS BOTH INSTINCTIVELY HELP
ADULTS WITHOUT REWARD OR TRAINING.
FRANS DE WAAL & MICHAEL TOMASELLO
PEOPLE ARE
MOTIVATED
INTERNALLY
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47. MANY DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE PEOPLE
CREATE BETTER IDEAS THAN THE SAME
NUMBER OF WORLD-CLASS - BUT SIMILAR -
INNOVATORS
DIVERSE TEAMS, TRUSTED
TO SELF-ORGANIZE

48. IN THE LONG HISTORY OF HUMANKIND (AND
ANIMAL KIND, TOO) THOSE WHO LEARNED TO
COLLABORATE AND IMPROVISE MOST EFFECTIVELY
HAVE PREVAILED.
CHARLES DARWIN

49. ROUSSEAU
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50. LUPUS EST HOMO HOMINI, NON HOMO QUOM
QUALIS SIT NON NOVIT
MAN IS A WOLF TO MAN, NOT A MAN WHEN
HE HAS NOT YET FOUND HIMSELF
PLAUTUS

51. COLLABORATION
FACTORS
10 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POSSIBILITY RESPONSIVE RESILIENT COACHABLE
FOCUSED OPEN NETWORKED EMPATHIC

52. THE GIVE / GET
GREATEST CHALLENGES / OPPORTUNITIES:
WHAT’S AT STAKE:
THE GIVE:
THE GET:
OBSTACLES TO COLLABORATION:
DESIRED OUTCOMES:
SUCCESS MEASURES:

53. CLOSED OPEN
SMART / GOOD SMART / GOOD PEOPLE
PEOPLE WORK FOR US ARE EVERYWHERE
IMPACT = COLLECTIVE
IMPACT = OWNERSHIP CREATIVITY
BEST IDEAS WIN BEST LEVERAGE OF
IDEAS WINS
COMMAND / CONTROL
IS SAFEST COLLABORATION OPENS
UP OPPORTUNITIES

54. INGENUITY & INNOVATION OF
FREE ENTERPRISE

55. ‘IN IT TOGETHER’ SPIRIT OF
COLLECTIVISM

56. CREATIVE
Collective spirit of
COLLECTIVISM
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57. DRIVEN BY, AND
DRIVING, SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGIES

58. EVERY COLLABORATION HELPS
YOU GROW.
BRIAN ENO
AND CAN BE THE MOST
EXHILARATING,
EXPANDING & LIFE
ENHANCING EXPERIENCE
POSSIBLE

59. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO
THOSE WHO
COLLABORATE
TOGETHER
EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE

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