The Business Romantic: Designing for Meaning
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The document discusses the concept of "The Business Romantic" which considers business to be more than just numbers and profits. A Business Romantic values immeasurable human experiences and honors the "un-quantified" aspects of people rather than just catering to self-interest. They carve out spaces for ephemeral and transcendent experiences that are greater than oneself and values such as empathy, generosity and love. The Business Romantic sees beauty in the business world through fresh eyes and uses business as a vehicle for creating meaningful human experiences.
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- 1. The Business Romantic Designing for Meaning / Tim Leberecht / 02.12.14 / nbbj
- 3. I am a soccer fan. 3
- 4. I am a marketer. 4
- 5. “The problem is not measurement per se. The problem is the loss of balance between valuing what can be measured and what cannot, and becoming so dependent on quantitative measures that they displace judgment and learning.” PETER SENGE
- 8. Burning Man
- 9. TED Open Translation Project
- 10. Tom & Jerry Christmas House
- 11. @SochiProblems
- 12. 1. Exclude 2. Exchange 3. Elevate
- 13. “Goldman Sachs Hires Single Morally Decent Human Being To Work In Separate, Enclosed Cubicle” The Onion Dis-connected Image: The Onion
- 14. - 27% of bosses believe their employees are inspired by their firm. However, in the same survey only 4% of employees agreed. (Boston Research Group/LRN) - 72% of workers are indifferent or downright negative towards work. (Gallup, 2013) - 95% of Americans reject the idea that a corporation’s only purpose is to make money. (BusinessWeek) - People regard experts such as academics or even their peers as twice as more trustworthy than institutional leaders. (Edelman Trust Barometer 2013) - 75% of consumers say they are likely to switch to brands associated with a good cause if price and quality are equal. (Trends Report) - Employee loyalty is at a seven-year low. (MetLife 2012) - 1 in 3 employees plans to leave his or her job by the end of the year. (MetLife 2012) - The average company loses anywhere from 20 to 50% of its employee base every year. (MetLife 2012) 47% of consumers say they buy, every month, at least one brand that supports a good cause, a 47% increase from 2010. 72% of consumers say they would recommend a brand that supports a good cause – a 38% increase in two years. (Edelman, 2012) - Consumers say they’re more likely to discuss the good deeds a company does than they are to discuss a company’s financial performance. (Weber Shandwick, 2012, survey) - “Conscious” companies outperform competitors by a factor of 10. (Conscious Capitalism) -
- 16. “Market systems are justified not because of efficiencies and profits, but because humans are first and foremost social and emotional beings, and markets provide a sympathetic community for social exchange.” Robert C. Solomon
- 17. Enter THE BUSINESS ROMANTIC Makes us see the beauty of the world with “fresh eyes.” Considers business to be more than a numbers game: a powerful vehicle for creating richer human experiences that mean more. Honors our full “un-quantified selves” rather than just catering to our “quantified selves” and our self-interests. Carves out spaces for the ephemeral and transcendent —for experiences that are “greater than ourselves.” Values what is immeasurable but makes us human: values such as empathy, generosity, devotion, love, hope. Small ‘acts of significance’
- 18. Traditional Smart Meaningful Planning Acting Wandering Conversion Connection Reconnection Process Dashboard Principles Control Monitoring Letting go Consistency Diversity Serendipity Big Idea Big Data Big Intuition Rapid response Real-time Pre-emptive Segmenting Behavioral targeting Distributed presence Message Conversation (Occasional) silence Visibility Transparency Mystery Risk Calculated risk Vulnerability Benefit Value Values Attraction Liking Love Convenience User-friendliness Frustration Efficiency Excellence Significance Self-interest Quantified Self Un-Quantified Self
- 19. Traditional Smart Meaningful Planning Acting Wandering Conversion Connection Reconnection (Nostalgia) Process Dashboard Principles Control Monitoring Loss of control Consistency Diversity Serendipity Big Idea Big Data Big Intuition Rapid response Real-time Pre-emptive Segmenting Behavioral targeting Distributed presence Message Conversation (Occasional) silence Visibility Transparency Mystery Risk Calculated risk Vulnerability Benefit Value Values Attraction Liking Love Convenience User-friendliness Frustration Efficiency Excellence Significance Self-interest Quantified Self Un-Quantified Self
- 21. Nostalgia
- 24. Snapchat: Permission to forget
- 26. Secret Cinema: Mystery screenings
- 30. Frustration
- 31. “Can my grandmother use it?”
- 32. Collisions
- 35. THE BUSINESS ROMANTIC Makes us see the beauty of the (business) world with “fresh eyes.” Considers business to be more than a numbers game: a powerful vehicle for creating richer human experiences that mean more. Honors our full “un-quantified selves” rather than just catering to our “quantified selves” and our self-interests. Carves out spaces for the artful and playful —for experiences that are “larger than ourselves.”
- 36. “The role of the human is not to be dispassionate, depersonalized or neutral. It is precisely the emotive traits that are rewarded: the voracious lust for understanding, the enthusiasm for work, the ability to grasp the gist, the empathetic sensitivity to what will attract attention and linger in the mind. Unable to compete when it comes to calculation, the best workers will come with heart in hand.” - David Brooks