From the monthly archives:

May 2009

The Culture of Buying

by Dan Robles

It is human nature to trade. People want to do it. People want to meet other people. People want to learn. They want to share. People want to buy things and people want to sell things. They want to congregate. They want to travel. People want new experiences. They want to laugh, smile, sip tea, and listen to music. They want fond memories and beautiful carpets.

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The Next Global Currency

by Dan Robles

Charging interest on money was at one time illegal. The concept of “interest” was legitimized by the argument that lenders needed to be compensated for the risk that they assumed. As such, currency is married to risk and not necessarily actual productivity.

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The Winners of War Write the History

by Dan Robles

Even in the age of Social Media, the tenet holds fast; the winners of the war write the history. The purpose of education is greatly expanded and the value of education is multiplied many times over. The teacher will become the ultimate entrepreneur.

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The Currency of Transformation

by Dan Robles

Information, knowledge and innovation are distinct phases of human intellect which are profoundly related. The vehicle for transformation across these phases is the “conversation”.
The next economic paradigm will introduce thousands of convertible currencies in the form of infinite conversations. Those currencies will be converted in infinite combinations for infinite applications each time adding value.

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Follow The Leader

by Dan Robles

There are two types of Leaders in the World. The first type elevates themselves by standing on the shoulders of others. The second type elevates themselves by elevating the people around them. The next paradigm of economic development will be an innovation economy characterized by social aggregation and search devices that identify both types of leaders in a community.

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The Second Impression of Social Media

by Dan Robles

As we move away from the ROI valuation model for social media and adopt a more dynamic ‘options’ analysis, a different picture emerges. The next economic paradigm will emerge as a function of people exercising their options.

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What is the ROI for Social Media?

by Dan Robles

Fortunately, the true visionaries of the next economic paradigm are increasing in numbers and rapidly moving away from the ROI model into something far more valuable simply by asking the serious questions……

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You Are The Algorithm

by Dan Robles

Google cannot organize knowledge because knowledge exists only within the consciousness of a person. Instead, busy little Google spiders scour the Internet looking for high rates of change of information and they use that as a proxy for “knowledge”.

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