Piloting the future of work cum crowdfunding launch of “New century, old business models?” book: igg.me
“Success today should not be measured by GDP, wealth and income. Rather it is about being an inclusive and sustainable society that has people as the ends, and not the means. It is about building a sense of belonging, of being respected and valued for who you are, not what you should be, and ultimately, being always treated with equal dignity and compassion, no matter how old, how rich, how educated, what titles you hold, and how different you are. ” Laurence Lien, Chief Executive Officer of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre and a Nominated Member of the Singapore Parliament advocating for the social sector and civil society.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin Toffler
Singapore, March 24, 2014 – Deemed the world’s richest country by Gallup, the costliest by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and the unhappiest by Randstad’s World of Work Report, is tiny Singapore the ideal city state to become the world’s test bed for a happier world?
Inviting the world to crowd actualize a happier 21st century
Why: Tomorrow matters. To enable people to understand and adjust to 21st century realities, up to 97% of CrowdPowers equity will be given away to crowd actualize the macro shift to a happier world. By letting autonomy, mastery and purpose power a more sustainable way of doing business for everyone’s benefit, CrowdPowers aspires to facilitate the mindset shift from “Me” to “We”.
Extract from upcoming book, “New century, old business models?”:
Key differences between business models in industrial age and digital era
Pre 21st century’s silos (Me) | 21st century’s networks (We) | |
Structure | Hierarchical (Closed) | Networked (Open) |
Product | Fill pipeline (Static) | Create experiences (Dynamic) |
Customer | As service (Specific skills) | As partnerships (Broader competencies) |
Strategy | As rulebook (Competitive) | As guideline (Collaborative) |
Advantage | Quality, price, service | Reputation, social responsibility, relationships |
Key drivers | Reward and punishment (Satisfy superiors) | Commitment (Achieve team goals) |
Execution | Control – coordination, procedure and off-shoring | Empower – break down traditional boundaries of customer, competitor, vendor, supplier |
Opportunities | Maximize profits, exploit ready ones (Red sea) | Purposeful brands, explore landscape and create new ones (Blue ocean) |
Economy drivers | Efficiency and cost, focus on bottom line | Innovation and design, grow top line |
Interpreted from Don Tapscott’s “Paradigm shift: The new promise of information technology”
What: By leveraging technology to scale social motivation and productivity, CrowdPowers is an experiment to become the world’s first crowd actualized Tomorrow matters branding agency focused on how people enable more successful startups and create more sustainable 21st century startup ecosystems for a happier world. bit.ly
www.crowdpowers.com is a new engagement platform to empower a community of passionate Tomorrow matters doers to collaborate and walk their talk to becoming the ideal CrowdPowers empowerment tribe. It may take three to five years for this global tribe to emerge.
Preparation to engage strangers to be our best for everyone’s benefit started with researching the Singapore startup ecosystem last year. Our founder met up with more than 50 insiders to get their perspectives on enabling more successful startups. crowdpowers.com This has since evolved into the “New century, old business models?” book (paperback, ePub and mobi versions), expected to be released in July 2014.
True change happens only when consistent engagement can be scaled
“Each of us has the perfect gift to give the world. It’s what we were born with. So, whether actualizing a startup or inventing our ideal job, if we are able to each give what’s so uniquely ours – won’t we be able to create magic for and with each other?” Betty Lim, founder, CrowdPowers Pte Ltd
There is no business plan. bit.ly/1gghCvK
For revenue generating activities the crowd participate in, net profits will be shared with the very best. Initially, we will determine the percentages and sharing. Once the crowd set up the startup fund, up to one third of our annual net profits will go into that. Such terms will be crowd defined.
Where: To pilot the future (possibility) of work and crowdfund the book fulfilment and basic fees for 3-4 people to harness the power of the crowd to scale the “Tomorrow matters” momentum, our first 60 days crowdfunding campaign goes live today, with the beta phase of www.crowdpowers.com. Developed around inviting the world to share why Tomorrow matters, our net Indiegogo profits will be shared with the very best of the crowd.
We believe a mindset revolution is KEY to crowd actualizing a happier 21st century and Singapore can play a pivotal role as the world’s test bed for that.
Contact
CrowdPowers Pte Ltd
Betty Lim, founder E: betty <at> crowdpowers.com
www.crowdpowers.com
Connecting corporates and startups in the crowd economy to power a new way of doing business for everyone’s benefit