7 minute talk at No.10 Downing Street planting seeds of conscious, creative and collaborative ways of thinking and doing in the heart of the State.

1. INSIGHT OVER IDEOLOGY / people
over policy
!
@ no.10
www.wecreateworldwide.com
@nickjankel
Breakthroughs for a Brilliant WorldPeople-Powered

2. 16 YEARS AGO I
SIGNED THE
CLUETRAIN
MANIFESTO
AND LEFT A HUGE AD
AGENCY TO SET UP AN
INNOVATION
CONSULTANCY TO
HELP ORGS GRAPPLE
WITH THE NETWORKED
AGE…

3. POWER MOVES TO
EDGES
PERMEABLE
MEMBRANES,
TRANSPARENCY &
REPUTATION
P2P & LOSS OF THE
MIDDLE
LIMIT TO INDIVIDUAL
POWER & KNOWLEDGE
COLLECTIVE WISDOM,
AFFINITY GROUPS &
SELF-ORGANISATION
!
Study: SBS grads with open networks
3x value creation
Study: Extent of openness of our networks
predicts career success
Study: Diverse average
teams out-perform teams of
similar geniuses

4. TRIBES
HUNTER-
GATHERERS
HIERARCHIES /
BUREAUCRACIES
MARKETS
NETWORKS
this is a fundamental evolutionary
shift with No precedent in human
history

5. EITHER FIT
OR FAIL
LAW OF REQUISITE
VARIETY…

6. I.E. HIERARCHICAL WAYS
OF CREATING &
DELIVERING POLICY /
STRATEGY / INNOVATION
!
NO LONGER ENTIRELY FIT
FOR PURPOSE

7. a promise of smarter, faster, cheaper
social innovations
diversity of insight & ideas that lead to
disruptive solutions that fit complex &
changing realities
create new business & delivery models premised
on empowering beliefs about human nature
do a lot more with a lot less e.g. Whatsapp $19B
with 55 people; Kickstarter, $1.5B peer funding
with 100 staff
less silo thinking (e.g. report writing) & more
collective action
new BREAKTHROUGH solutions to old WICKED
problems
the opportunities of
the networked age:

8. brains & orgs wired to favour
predictability over spontaneity
rules, risk aversion & FEAR of
loss of livelihood & reputation
limit creativity
born collaborative but trained
to be competitive
!
!
after years of hierarchy, policy
innovation, INtrapreneurship &
Collaboration don’t just happen…
innate human potential needs to be
activated & nurtured
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BUT…

9. hierarchy: the core
vertical power
systemic perspective
vision
scale
leadership
control
heterarchy: the edge
network power
local knowledge
connectivity
fit
participation
co-creation
!
+
we need both / and

10. policy innovation
breakthrough ideas for systemic impact at scale
systemic collaboration for effective implementation
user-centred participatory design for fit
!
we need policy leadership
conscious, creative, collaborative
!
& a shift in policy culture
trust, openness, empathy, adaptability, inclusivity,
creativity, collaboration iq, heart & head
i.e. people-powered breakthroughs
for a brilliant world
if we want…

11. wecreateworldwide.com
Complimentary 80-page book
with the best of what we have
learnt. Get it at