3 May, 2017: How have we arrived at now? What can the past tell us about the future? What matters, what's possible, and what's important.
I used these slides to share my thoughts about how we can thrive in a rapidly changing and unpredictable world, and why the pace of change isn't going to slow down any time soon.
API of WE: What matters, what's possible, and what's important.
1. CONFIDENTIAL
API of WE
CIID: Copenhagen Insititute of Interaction Design
Copenhagen, Denmark
3 May, 2017
Steve Jennings • Founding Partner • Better Participation Group
3. CONFIDENTIAL
BETTER PARTICIPATION GROUP
Better Participation Group is the holding company for our three subsidiaries. We use the power of
participation to help brands and businesses meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
AGENCY
Our creative arm. Our global team crafts next-
generation digital and analog participation
business models connecting brands and their
most important stakeholders.
VENTURES
A revolutionary new approach to enabling
entrepreneurs and organizations that want to
change the way business gets done while
delivering commercial value and powerful
social impact.
TECHNOLOGY
A full-stack approach to creating powerful
collaborations between an organization and its
customers, partners and employees. It delivers
impacts across the entirebusiness ecosystem.
4. CONFIDENTIAL
BETTER CREDO
• We believe everything is changing.
• We believe everyone who contributes deserves to win.
• We believe in the API of We.
• We believe in trust and transparency.
• We believe that participation is better business.
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WHAT IF
We could redefine the definition of success
and change the way billions of people
create value for themselves, their families,
and their communities, leading to a new
kind of societal growth and sustainable
environmental abundance.
77. CONFIDENTIAL
Our greatest opportunity for impact lies
not just in connecting people to us and
our ideas, but in creating a place where
people can inspire and empower each
other in the quest to take sustained action
that leads to deep and profound change.