This document discusses the shift from traditional hierarchical operating systems to a new networked operating system. It argues that networks based on collaboration, cooperation, and collective intelligence are increasingly powering business, culture and society. The networked OS is underpinned by connections, shared values, openness and a desire for positive social change over individual ownership. Leading in this new system requires tearing down walls, welcoming outside perspectives, engaging in common purpose through storytelling, and supporting others through uncertainty. Those who learn to collaborate most effectively will succeed in today's changing environment.

1. COLLABORATION
FOR A NEW GENERATION
@nickjankel
October 2014

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3. FIT OR FAIL
law of
requisite
variety
CHANGE IS
RELENTLESS

4. GLOBAL O.S.
IS CHANGING

5. Webopedia
“Your choice of operating system,
therefore, determines to a great extent
the applications you can run.”

6. TRIBES
HUNTER-
GATHERERS

7. TRIBAL O.S. IS
UNDERPINNED BY KITH &
KIN, GROUP IDENTITY,
MAGIC
!
THE STRONG WIN
!

8. TRIBES
HUNTER-
GATHERERS
HIERARCHIES /
BUREAUCRACIES

9. HIERARCHY O.S. IS UNDERPINNED BY STATUS &
PRIVILEGE, IMPERIALISM, ARMIES, NATIONALISM,
IDEOLOGIES
!
THE POWERFUL WIN
!

10. TRIBES
HUNTER-
GATHERERS
HIERARCHIES /
BUREAUCRACIES
MARKETS

11. MARKET O.S. IS
UNDER-PINNED BY
CAPITAL,
EFFICIENCIES,
INNOVATION,
CORPORATIONS &
COLONIALISM
THE INDUSTRIOUS /
RUTHLESS WIN
!

12. TRIBES
HUNTER-
GATHERERS
HIERARCHIES /
BUREAUCRACIES
MARKETS
NETWORKS

13. NETWORK O.S. IS
UNDER-PINNED BY
THE WWW, P2P,
COLLECTIVE IQ,
CO-OPERATION,
COMMON
PURPOSE
!
!
THE
COLLABORATIVE
WIN
youtube reaches
more of the digital
generations than TV

14. !
"There will not be any hegemonic power.
Power will shift to networks and coalitions in
a multi-polar world.”
National Intelligence Council
Global Trends Report 2013

15. NETS WORKDiverse teams more innovative than groups of
similar genii
entrepreneurs with creative networks 3
x innovative than those without
extent of openness in our networks predicts
career success
decr. transaction costs, incr. flow of ideas
Sources: Martin Ruef, Princeton; The New England Journal of Medicine; University of Chicago

16. DIGITALSHARED VALUES & AFFINITIES
personal & social change interlinked
POWER from togetherness & DIStributed-ness
LESS DESIRE TO OWN; MORE INTEREST IN FREEDOM
(number of new cars bought by young dropped
from 40% to 25%)
co-create projects that make a difference
GENERATIONS

17. NETWORKS WORK
FOR EVERYBODY
75% of top-scoring Millenials will
turn down paid internships with
Fortune 500 companies to work aT a
start-up non-profit
30% volunteer or have a mission

18. HIERARCHIES
ARE FAILING

19. Sydney Finkelstein, Why Smart Executives Fail
“Failures [are] caused by... flawed
executive mindsets that throw off a
company’s perception of reality [and]
delusional attitudes that keep this
inaccurate reality in place”

20. NETWORKED BUSINESS
airbnb: 10 millions guests in 5 years without
owning a single hotel ROOM
zappos: 75% repeat customers, running as A
holarchy
ARM: creates low-cost, low-power chips & ENABLES
ECOSYSTEM… 7x more value created per employee
nike+: connect peers within common purpose…
incr. sales 30%

21. KICKSTARTER

22. COLLAB IQambition = collaboration
give before you get
conversations > relationships > transactions
open up
share risks & Rewards
seek win win wins… surrender attachment
know who, where, when, why
!

23. Charles Darwin
“In the long history of humankind
(and animal kind, too) those who
learned to collaborate and
improvise most effectively have
prevailed.”

24. LEADING TEAMS IN NETWORK O.S.
pull down the walls & ceilings
Welcome the edge
be serious about purpose / social mission
engage in common purpose through
storytelling
conversation not dictation
support through chaos & stress

25. OUT NOW

26. Question us.
Challenge us.
Have breakthroughs with us.
You never change things by fighting the
existing reality. To change something,
build a new model that makes the
existing model obsolete.’
!
R. Buckminster Fuller
nick@wecreateworldwide.com
nick@ripeandready.com