Thriving too

Carrotmob - The Movie!

Laura Billings first introduced Carrotmob to the Thriving Too blog.  Here is their great new short film describing the concept. 

Via: Osocio

 

How Organized Consumer Purchasing Can Change Business from carrotmob on Vimeo.

Into the Wild

I really liked the thinking of this article by IDEO's Tim Brown.  

"Rapid prototyping and “learning by making” is already an accepted strategy for effective innovation. For participatory systems, this is even more important because the complexity of the interactions cannot possibly be anticipated by even the smartest of plans. The reality is that these prototypes cannot live in the lab; they have to be let out into the wild. So, we need to start getting comfortable with letting others participate in our innovation activities."

It reinforces discussions I have had recently about needing to work in more dynamic, and possibly less stable and outcome drive ways ... to 'feel our way' through to meaningful participatory innovation, rather that falling in love with 'ideas' which may over simplify....