Hi guys - I want to crosspost a blogpost that I wrote on henrietteweber.com - but one of our advisors has told me that I can't duplicate content because that makes google mad.
So go to henrietteweber.com if you want to read my rant about how to do real involvement. It's written in one of those moments where I totally rant and that's normally when I provide my best. So I really hope you like it. =)
[involvement, creativity, social marketing, business unusual]
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Sometimes I catch myself thinking "oh crap - wrong time to start freelancing" when it comes to the coming recession in the world (which I believe will show up at our doorstep sooner or later). Most of the time I am thinking in a very Louise L. Hay way, that if the recession is coming then I won't be influenced by it.
If you look at what the economy of abundance has brought to society it is kind of a "have it all" feeling - everything you can possibly think of can be yours... Business models are starting to be formed around giving stuff away for free. Oh yeah sometimes I feel like a spoiled little brat...
Anyway, something tells me that economy of scarcity delivers more creativity and more eagerness than the economy of abundance, which is probably a result of the " I-could-have-it-all " kind of life. Why try harder when it is brought to us ?... why make excellent stuff when we can get by with mediocre ? I think a new economy of scarcity will make society work more creatively towards global problems than now where there is this "all is well" feeling to everything. If we need something we will just borrow the money for it in the bank - We are so wealthy it's incredible.
All is good for now - But my idea is that if the recession comes it's going to separate "crap" from "gold" and the more substantial people will make a better living than the ones that are in it for the money and the hype.
As Sanjay said in
geekarmyknife # 6 " we are looking at a reversal of stereotypes" - good call, and an really genuine idea to ponder about.
[creativity, business, businessmodel, economy, geekarmyknife, scarcity, abundance, alliswell, recession]
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Punk rock changed the game. Punk rock said " you have all your talents, but you don't need to use them the "old ways" to actually achieve what you want in your life".
all that mattered in Punk Rock was that you had something to say, it didn't really matter if you played your instrument in the best way possible, as long as you had the courage to speak your ways of the world.
There are huge similarities between punk rock and the web. One of them is that because the entry of creativity was lowered massively with the punk rock outburst in the 70s... The entry of creativity is very low right now because of the web. because of the long tail (Chris Anderson also covers this subject in his "the long tail".)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/negrilli/2249288405
Most importantly the web has democratized the tools of creativity, - no wait it has made them completely free!... No matter what content you would like to put out there, what ideas you have, you can spur them of in a minute. So there are HUGE resemblances between Punk Rock and the web. Maybe it has spurred from the same rebellion against the "right thing" - or "normality"..?
[creativity, reboot, free, tools, punkrock, speech, music, entryofcreativity, democratization, ideas, normality, rock band]
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