Today, the global economy is in shock. And capitalism is changing. Recently, I gave a talk at the awesome Daytona Sessions about our vision for the next generation of capitalism: Constructive Capitalism.
It’s a revolution that’s already being ignited by innovators as disparate as Wal-Mart, Google, Threadless, Nike, Apple, and Etsy. They’re playing by a new set of institutional rules - institutional rules that are letting them redraw the boundaries of value creation, while yesterday’s incumbents continue to fail en masse. These rules depend, in large part, on media.
I’ve given a similar talk several times both internally and externally, but the Daytona guys have been kind enough to put up a high-quality video of the whole session. Here are two interviews I gave afterwards (published in Swedish, translated via Google 
Enjoy - and thanks to the Daytona guys, I had a great time and many productive discussions.
4 Comments
1 Ryan Moede wrote:
Fantastic presentation! Very insightful, and I’ve been sharing it with as many folks in my network as possible.
2 Ethan Genauer wrote:
I just discovered your work tonight, Umair. Right on! Others have called your vision nurture capitalism, or in a more radical sense, the solidarity economy. But seriously, I want to win your open challenge to Silicon Valley … to solve the food crisis! I am a young farmer, writer and visionary activist … I just moved to the progressive agricultural hotspot Santa Cruz, across the mountain from the Valley. I can spark a revolution in food systems, but I need some help! Check out Raj Patel’s keynote talk on Food, Finance and Democracy in Crisis that I edited @ EnergyBulletin.net … Contact me ~ Ethan
3 JOHN EHRENFELD wrote:
Umair,
I have been following your blogs and watched the Daytona presentation. I think you are right on the money. I would like to send you a copy of the book i have written on sustainability. I think you will enjoy it as it argues, from a different base, many of the same kinds of value changes you talk about. I don’t know where to send it. I also believe that institutional change is critical.
4 Louis V. Galdieri wrote:
My first concern is that in this presentation Umair Haque tends to confuse participatory, deliberative “democracy” with innovative consumer marketing strategies that exploit participatory social media. My second concern is that he does so on purpose, so that he can privilege or just use the term “interaction” without making any distinctions about the content or the context of the interactions he discusses.
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