I apologise to readers about my absence from the blogosphere I have been ill. But I’m back now…
Co-creation is an interesting concept – it is becoming a bit like the word ‘nice’ – user generated – are there rules and guidelines for this field? To what extent is it really user generated or merely gives the appearance of being user generated?
In the first instance I wanted to look at some case studies and look at them one by one.
These 5 examples are held up by Innovation Management as ‘good examples’ of co-creation and show the benefits of taking this approach.
The examples in the link below are from a website called innovation management and the following brands are considered:
Top Selling books in the US - what is America interested in?
“ What is curious is that six of the books are about the demise of America or the troubles of America or the fictional metaphorical stories of an
America after greatness. Now I know you’d say – well the US has had a hard time so it isn’t surprising. I challenge you on that…why? There is always something – 70’s was about Vietnam and the oil crisis but there weren’t books in the top 10 then about the demise of America.
Let’s take a surface look 6 of the top 10 books are about the demise of America.”
Let’s go for a surface look. The answer is America is interested in, herself. 6 of the top 10 books are about America.
Any great nation tends to become self centred. America is an amazing place but to visitors from Europe or other parts of the world incredibly ignorant of how she is viewed. What is interesting is that if you are truly on top of your game, you don’t care. What is interesting is that six of the books are a the demise of America or the troubles of America or the fictional metaphorical stories of an America after greatness.
America it seems is starting to care and question herself. Is China? Is China reading about the demise of China? Or is she enjoying stories about herself which is what book lists in America used to look like in the 1970’s.
Next week, we’ll look at China – right now look at what Suzanne Collins books are about. Is this prophetic or merely reflective of a country worries about the economy?
Suzanne Collins’ series is according to amazon.com :
“In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, “The Hunger Games,” a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed” Cheerie stuff then.
USA
TODAY’s Best-Selling Books listranks the 150 top-selling titles each week based on an analysis of sales from U.S. booksellers. Contributors represent a variety of outlets: bookstore chains, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers and online retailers.
Oskar Schell, 9, must find a lock that matches a key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11; movie. (E, Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt)
GENRE: General fiction | DEBUTED: January 05, 2012
