The 10 Laws of Constructive Capitalism
Umair Haque is the Director of the Havas Media Lab and, in his own words, he studies “what’s going on next, today.”
Here are his 10 Laws of Constructive Capitalism.
- Strategy is a commodity
- Competition is obsolete
- There is nothing more asymmetrical than an ideal
- Tomorrow is today
- Connections not transactions
- People not product
- Creativity, not productivity
- Outcomes, not incomes
- Advantage is in the DNA
- The next revolution is institutional
They’re all a little enigmatic, a little provocative, and all point to ways of doing less Good Work and more Great Work.
Haque thinks long and hard about what’s changing in the world, and he points to the bankruptcy (literally and metaphorical) in the current capitalist system, and looks to these 10 rules – and five core principals behind them – that can disrupt what’s happening now and build a more constructive capitalism.
Watch the full talk here. It’s a long one – over an hour – and well worth the time. And the comments on the Vimeo site are worth a look as well
(Thanks again to Swiss Miss, who pointed this out to me).
