Quantified Self is a movement of people that track individual daily activities metrics through technology with the goal of self improvement. Quantified selfers believe that the meaning of life is improving his own talent, no matter which it is. From a business point of view Quantified Self allows companies to reach consumers while they change their shopping habits and to deal with them in a new and different way.
This report - part of the "Inspiring Route" project - analyses and understands the main themes related to Quantified Self through stories, examples, numbers, case studies.
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Geshe Ben Gungyal
Know thyself - 1.000 years ago
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Source: Andrew Zolli, 2012
In Tibet, a Dharma practitioner called
Geshe Ben Gungyal, neither recited
prayers nor meditated.
His sole practice was to observe his mind
and counter delusions as soon as they
arose.
He collected black pebbles for negative
thoughts and a white pebbles for positive
ones.
Over the years his mind improved until he reached the point when
entire days went by without any black pebbles.
6. Where does this story start?
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7. His goal is now helping individuals to be more effective and advising several companies.
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How do you feel?
Ari Meisel curing Crohn’s disease
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After years of intense pain and sixteen pills a
day, he started tracking everything.
He correlated his metrics with how much
pain he was in and his mood.
Ari learned to control the pain from Crohn’s.
He’s now a speaker at TED and different
seminars.
Source: quantified Self, 2011; Lessdoing.org
8. Quantified self is a movement of people that track
individual daily activities metrics through technology,
with the goal of self improvement.
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10. Source: Wikpedia,2013
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Some history about the movement
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Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly suggested for the first time the term
“Quantified Self” in an article on Wired Magazine
Wolf spoke about the movement at TED
The first international conference was held in Mountain View
More than 160 groups met up sharing their stories about QS
2007
2010
2011
Today
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Quantified Self wasn’t born yesterday
why now it matters
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Easy to use
Some tools let you track completely passively
Precise
Technology will make you forget excel monitoring
Goals oriented
Even small changes make big differences
12. Source: Market Revolution, 2014
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Drivers
Testo slide
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Technological
mobile technology
wearable technology
human biometric sensors
data storage
Financial
crowdfunding
Social
social networks
community
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What is quantified self about?
We are not talking about datas alone
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Source: Experimentable, 2013
datas
technique
community
mindset
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Why tracking myself?
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Inner being
Outward
appearance
Well-being Self-fulfillment
Competition Exhibitionism
Source: Market Revolution, 2014; The Health Care Blog, 2011
15. “You can’t improve what you can’t measure”
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Source: Mattscape, 2010
The Quantified Selfer believes that the meaning of life
is improving his own talent, no matter which it is.
16. One concept behind: feedback loop
Businesses use datas to form their decisions, this is the same for us,
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but for our life!
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COMPARING MY GOAL
STATES
Source: Neema Moraveji, 2011
MONITORING ACTION
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A dramatic change in patterns
Ask Mint!
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vs
A model based on
quantitative
A model based on
qualitative
Source: Ted, 2010
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A dramatic change in patterns
Ask Fitbit!
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vs
A model based on
do-it-yourself
A model based on
expertise
Source: Ted, 2010
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A dramatic change in patterns
Ask Lift!
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A model based on
empowerment
A model based on
awareness
vs
Source: Ted, 2010
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From fabric to byte
The story of a revolution
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22. Source: Nike Inc, 2014
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“f you have a body you are an athlete” Bill Bowerman
23. Nike was born from the spirit of two sportsmen: Phil Knight, a middle-distance runner,
& Bill Bowerman, a respected track and field coach at the University of Oregon
Source: Nike Inc, 2014
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Nike 1950-1969
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They opened the shop “Blue Ribbon Sports” - pledgeding $500 each - and they
placed their first order of 300 pairs of shoes in January 1964
24. Source: Nike Inc, 2014
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Nike 1970-1989
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Nike Moon shoe - the first ever
shoe design with Bill Bowerman's
waffle maker tread
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In 1980’s appeared the first
‘technology’ - Nike Air Technology
25. Source:
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Nike Titolo 1990-slide
2005
Sottotitolo slide
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The era of “Just do it”
Nike became Sport with the capital letter
Michael Jordan
Marco Bellinelli
Tiger Woods
Mia Haam
Roger Federer Brasil soccer team
Nike Inc, 2014
26. 2006: the birth of Nike+
In 2006 Nike collaborated with Apple to create its first quantified self product:
Source: Wikipedia, 2014
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Nike+iPod
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Nike+iPod is an activity tracker device and it consists of a small transmitter device “
attached to or embedded in a shoe, which communicates with iPod
27. The same mission, new ways to achieve it
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Not only “analogic" products
But also digital products and
services
28. In 2012 Nike released Nike+ Fuel Band, an activity tracker & fitness monitor
Source: Wharton, 2013 , Nike Inc, 2014, Digitaladblog, 2013
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Does it work?
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In 2013 Nike’s
profits leaped
+18%, largely
because of
FuelBand
“Life’s a sport, make it count”
29. The size of Quantified Self
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36. Source: Quantified Self, 2013
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Companies for any business
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Learning
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Money
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Sleep
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Electricity
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Food&Drink
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Productivity
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Mood
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Health
185
Location
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Goals
87
Fitness
124
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models, strategy, consequences
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TITOLO
What did you have for breakfast today?
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39. Source: Charles Duhigg, 2014.
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The habit loop
cue > routine > reward
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40. Source: The New York Times, Feb 2012.
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One you go habit you never go back
Anti-Coupons shield: enabled
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Once consumers’ shopping habits
are ingrained, it’s incredibly
difficult to change them.
[It’s] hard for marketers, despite
their displays and coupons and
product promotions, to persuade
shoppers.
41. When some customers were
going through a major life
event […] their shopping
habits became flexible.
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Hack the habit
Time(ing) is Money
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Source: The New York Times, Feb 2012.
At those unique moments
[…] customers are
“vulnerable” to intervention
by marketers.
42. Source: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
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Quantified Self is a great opportunity for
companies because it allows them to reach
consumers during these moments and to
deal with them in a new and different way.
43. The traditional 3-step mental model
2005 - Procter & Gamble theorized the First Moment of Truth (Fmot), that
lapse of time (3-7 seconds) in which the consumer is located in front of the
shelf and decide what product to buy among the various brands available.
Source: thinkwithgoogle.coml, www.riccardoperini.com
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The Shelf
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44. The Zero Moment of Truth
2011 - Jim Lecinski Google has introduced a new concept, that of the “Zero Moment of
Truth”: the time at which the consumer, once received the "stimulus" goes online to
search for information and decide whether or not to buy product.
Source: thinkwithgoogle.coml, www.riccardoperini.com
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The search (after the stimulus)
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45. The -1 Moment of Truth
Even before you know what you need
We introduce a new concept called “The -1 Moment of Truth”: the habit to buy has
Source: Market Revolution, 2014.
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not yet been settled but the behavior change frame is open.
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-1 moment of
truth (Behavior
change)
First moment
of truth
(Shelf)
Second
moment of
truth
(Experience)
Zero moment
of truth
(Decision-making)
Stimulus
46. Source: marketrevolution.it
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Take the opportunity
3 scenarios for businesses
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Customization Enabling Prediction
Following through and
support customer behavior
change
Identify customers
forthcoming needs
Make something unique for
each one of my customers
48. Progressive “Snapshot program”
Let customers track themselves
Source: progressive.com,jacksonvillepersonalinjurylawyerblog.com, www.pcmag.com
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Need
Create a car insurance, tailored for every single customer
Market problem
All the competitors offer the same products
Idea
How can we create customized insurances?
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49. Progressive “Snapshot program”
Give customers a device for self-tracking
Source: progressive.com,jacksonvillepersonalinjurylawyerblog.com, www.pcmag.com,www.examiner.com
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Solution
Progressive gives clients a device called Snapshot in order to track their driving
habits. The box makes possible to reduce — or, possibly, raise — insurance
premiums for drivers based on their day-to-day driving habits.
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More than 1.6 million
drivers have
participated in
Snapshot program,
saving an average of
$150 per year.
50. Progressive “Snapshot program”
Tailor product/services to every customer
Progressive snapshot programme bases car insurance rates on how safely you
Source: progressive.com expertinsurancereviews.com
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drive rather than your credit score
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IT WORKS ONLY IF
It creates a real benefit for customer
52. GlaxoSmithKline “Niquitin Quitmasters”
Source: www.eshishdirect.com www.quitmasters.co.uk
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Let smokers track and share their behavior
Need
Help people quit smoking
Market problem
Competitors strive to sell more products, working on advertisement
Idea
How can Niquitin help customers quit smoking?
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53. GlaxoSmithKline “Niquitin Quitmasters”
Let smokers find help in a community of people who want to quit smoking
Source: www.eshishdirect.com www.quitmasters.co.uk www.niquitin.co.uk
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Solution
Create a platform that provides a digital Behavioral Support Program to help
quitting smoking. You can track your smoking behavior, share your data with the
community, and find tools and advice to help you succeed.
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Sales of NiQuitin
products, grew by
10 per cent during
2010 to nearly $35
million
This week: 19 new plans created, 143,566,943 cigarettes not smoked,
£35,891,636 money saved, 1454 quit plans completed.
54. Source: niquitin.com.my
GlaxoSmithKline “Niquitin Quitmasters”
Follow customers along the behavior change way
“Quitting is a journey, not an event. You might slip up along the way, but that
doesn't mean you've failed. Keep moving forwards step by step and you can still
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achieve your goal of being smoke-free for good.”
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IT WORKS ONLY IF
it creates a shared value
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Nike+
Anticipate customers needs
Need
Know customers’ behavior and its changes
Market problem
Anticipate competitors to sell their shoes
Idea
How can I exploit the Nike+ Community
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Sources: www.slideshare.net 06/2013 - annaruns13.blogspot.it 06/2013
57. Nike+
The things you need before you even know
Sources: smartdatacollective.com 04/2013 - www.slideshare.net 06/2013
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Solution
Create reminders and suggestions for customers, anticipating their future needs.
Nike+ app send runners offers based on their self-tracked data, shared with the
Nike+ community
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Since the launch in
2006, the platform has
built a user base of 7
million runners. Think
of all the data this
generates and the
insights it provides to
Nike.
58. Nike+
“Today the Nike Running app on my phone so kindly reminded me that I’m nearing
500 miles on my shoes and that ‘you’re never finished, but your shoes are’.”
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Predict customer needs
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IT WORKS ONLY IF
Customer are engaged
Sources: annaruns13.blogspot.it 06/2013
59. Source: gq-magazine.co.uk
Can obsessively counting
every life aspects make
ourselves really healtier?
Can it make ourelves better?
And what about making us
Privacy Data dictatorship
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The dark side of Quantified Self
Critiques, risks, difficulties
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happier?
Data don’t tell Competitiveness
Depersonalization
Personal data can be stolen or sold, data don’t speak alone they need to be interpretated,
QS can support wrong behavior habit, data can exasperate competition...
60. Source: experimentable.com, dec 2013.
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Quantified Self is not the destination, it is a tool in our
journey to know and improve thyself and it is a platform
upon which transcendent technologies can be discovered.
You may love the data or decide it is an undesirable
distraction from reality. Either way QS is helping shaping
this future and you should prepare yourself for it.
Mark Moschel