Tim Brown

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: How to Design a Participatory System

Those who have stuck with me all week, know that I believe that participation is key to the next big wave of innovation in business and society. Whether it is in the fundamentals of how we think about wealth or the economy, how we parse the minutiae of individual transactions, or how we evolve our most important social systems such as health care, I believe that the interconnectedness of our information society makes this shift inevitable and highly desirable. The question that I inevitably ask as a designer is how we design these kinds of participatory systems?

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Control Your Own Health Care

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Control Your Own Health Care

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic Dashboards

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic Dashboards

A significant difference between those of us fortunate to be living above the poverty line and those unfortunate enough to be at the "bottom of the pyramid" is that the ‘wealthy’ can afford to consume. Being a "useful" member of a consumer society requires the consumption of products and services not directly necessary to survival. The very poor do not generally have that choice.

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Learning to Measure Participation

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Learning to Measure Participation

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Moving Beyond Consumption

Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Moving Beyond Consumption