Key note for 'Nacht van de Binnenstad' meet-up, a conference on the social economic value creation in cities. Arnhem, The Netherlands. March 2017.

1. ROADMAP TO
THE CITY:
A PLACE TO MEET,
COLLABORATE & GROW…

2. FOTO CREDIT: HENK JAN WINKELDERMAAT
I NO LONGER HAVE A JOB,
I HAVE DECENTRALIZED ACTIVITIES…
AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
TRENDWATCHER
ENTREPRENEUR
COACH
INVESTOR
CHAIRMAN OF
SOCIETY30
FOUNDATION
RONALD VAN DEN HOFF

3. The factory of the future will have
only two employees: a man and a dog.
The man will be there to feed the dog.
The dog will be there to keep the man
from touching the equipment.*
*Autodesk CEO Carl Bass

4. 5 years old
WHATSAPP $19 billion
450 million users
55 employees
$345.5 million per employee
23 years old
VODAFONE $128 billion
440 million users
92.000 employees
$1.4 million per employee

5. Nokia CEO ended his speech saying this:
“we didn’t do anything wrong,
but somehow, we lost”.

6. *UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT,
Prof. dr. Erik Stam
SCENARIOS for The NETHERLANDS*.
DECENTRAL
Interdependent Economy:
Groups of connected people,
swarms of creative citizens
creating, simultaneously in
various networks, sustainable
social economic value.
CENTRAL
A-SOCIAL SOCIAL
Scale-up economy:
New sustainable initiatives
are scaled up by existing-
or new organizations
Gig Economy:
freedom, self organizing,
working for platforms
Traditional Economy:
Big businesses,
large governments,
hierarchies, employees,
gap between rich and poor
getting larger,
non-sustainable.

7. TRENDS
PLATFORMS

8. Interdependent Economy
networked value creation, based on
solidarity, sustainability & reciprocity.
decentralized local networks
interconnected internationally:
Internet of Cities

9. takeaway home cooked meals
COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY: STUFF, FOOD & MORE

10. “We’re living in a world where people can
become businesses in 60 seconds.”
Brian Chesky, Airbnb

11. NEIGHBOURHOOD BECOMES ONE BIG-GIG ECONOMY,
WITH THE PLATFORMS AS ENABLERS.

12. ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE…
“This is the future disruptor,” Chip Conley said:
“We’re not an accommodations company;
we’re a travel company...”

13. COLLABORATIVE: SOCIAL
generosity.com

14. COMMUNITY INTEGRATED
CO-WORKING, CO-LIVING & CO-PRODUCING,
CO-IMPACTING

15. Co-working is not about
the venues,
the hardware,
the software,
or the kinky design.
It’s about the number and quality of
serendipitous connections,
opportunities & open collaboration.
CO-WORKING = THE FUTURE OF WORK

16. spaces, services
and products
monetary capital
shared co-working &
open collaboration
social capital

17. MATCHMAKING BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
working on a key note presentation
Try to describe in one sentence what you are working on today. Or if you need support. We will connect you!

18. RESULTS: BEING PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM MEANS
ANY TOPIC YOU CAN THINK OF:
THE COLLEGUE (EXPERT) IS ‘IN THE HOUSE’

19. WORK: TOOLS & PLATFORMS

20. DATA CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN
DECENTRALIZED NETWORKS…
DATA SHARING WITH LOCAL NETWORKS:
9:00 AM :
IN NEED OF
TRANSPORTATION
1:00 PM :
IN NEED OF
LUNCH
5TH VISIT:
READY TO HELP
NEWBEES
car-sharing program home take away food
program
introduction to
ambassador program
POTENTIAL
EVENT ORGANIZER
Seats2meet event
program
presentation, language
course, education platform

21. DATA CREATES NEW DECENTRALIZED
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
EVENT MARKET DISRUPTION:
DETERMINE
TRENDING TOPICS
SELECT & INVITE
RELEVANT
CO-WORKERS TO
CO-CREATE EVENT
SELECT EVENT
TOPIC
&
BOOK SPACE
EVENT LAUNCH
SELECT & INVITE
POTENTIAL
AUDIENCE
NO-RISK
EVENT EXECUTION

22. …got a new job,
was invited for a new project
or started a new company:
2013 1 out of 8
2015 1 out of 6
200 Serendipity Machines
105 K knowledge tags
100+ K check-ins 2016 (=25%)
24 countries
** 2013-2015 Survey by the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
RESULTS: BEING PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM MEANS**
-sales
-marketing
-pr.
-research
-innovation
…and assisted
us in activities like:

23. “Decentralization enables at a fine grain level
groups of people to self-organize
in a manner that was not possible before…”
David Orban, Singularity University