Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh"

http://www.ted.com At TED@MotorCity, Lisa Gansky, author of "The Mesh," talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and tech-enabled rental or, more boldly, peer-to-peer. Examples across industries -- from music to cars -- show how close we are to this meshy future.

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[zassounotsukushi]

Information company, not car company - I agree that's what I see for the future.

But Zipcar has left some communities feeling abandoned, and didn't do what they needed to make the consumer feel listened to. On top of that, I think there's way more to collaborative consumption than how they were going about it.

I like the final point - we need transparency and need to share failures. People need to stop picturing a shiny and happy picture of a connected society, cynicism needs to be built in.

[dswellhauser]

Another faux-intellectual re-packaging/re-marketing old ideas with some pseudo-new ideas...TED is Dead.

[Spasatcom]

goods video friends i like this

[andreeaweed]

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

[Whitchfinder1]

Remember kids... platforms = invitations. Yes, people talk like this in future, apparently. Sorry, but this is a festival of bullshit.

[rjc211]

really frustrating to watch

[rjc211]

To summarise her talk:

1) some random generic comments about the economy.

2) summary of zip car

[rjc211]

there is no structure to this talk

[GHortaV]

How about sharing GOOD talks for a change now TED?

[waveskissourfeet]

fuck business, the future of business is in the ground, under dirt.

[goney3]

I am a consumer whore :)