Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Flat Earth Economics

..democratization of ideas.....long-tail economy...user-generated content - it's incredible. The world's getting more entrepreneurial and ordinary people getting more empowered.

I predict that maybe 40 years from now, in the service industry - we'll start seeing more corporations turning into co-operatives. A shell company tying assorted freelancers together.

http://adage.com/article?article_id=120493

Before you think, "Yeah right! Maybe that's going to work for creative services companies, where individual talent is the biggest irreplaceable asset and this will never happen to banks or savings & loan companies", have a look at http://www.zopa.com

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