020414 makers and changemakers fremantle co creation workshop 1

Exploring New Narratives for WA

Adam Jorlen Jen Lowe

CO-CREATION WORKSHOP #1 – APRIL 2, 2014

My storyOur story so far…ADAM

MSc Engineering and Business Management

Coworking

East London

JEN

East London

Melbourne

***“This present momentUsed to beThe unimaginable future”

Stewart BrandThe Clock of the Long Now

Master of Management in Future Studies

What does a futurist do?

• Scan the environment• Identify trends• Making sense of these• Build scenarios for the future• And much more…

Trend #1: Coworking

Trend #1 - Coworking

Trend #2: Makers and 3D Printers

Trend #2: Makers and 3D Printers

“Today’s ‘Maker Movement’ is the new industrial revolution. The real revolution here is not in the creation of the technology, but the democratisation of the technology… It’s the computer meets manufacturing, and it’s at everybody’s desktop.”

- The Wired’s Chris Anderson on www.techcrunch.com

Trend #2: Makers and 3D Printers

Trend #3 – Disruption of traditional Education

Trend #3 – Disruption of traditional Education

• Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other new, radical ways of learning enabled by digital tech.

• A college degree does no longer lead to a good job.

• University subjects are adapted to getting a job rather than inspiring students to do something great.

Trend #4 : From material to immaterial wealth

• "Perth is a city focussed on energy and resource production. While this has brought tremendous prosperity to the city, the seeds need to be planted for other industries to flourish if Perth is to be a truly vibrant, creative and economically stable city in the long term." 

• "Digital technology is transforming society and industry, and given the low capital requirements required, it's ability to transcend distance and Perth's proximity to Asia it provides opportunities for future growth.”

Trend #4 : From material to immaterial wealth

Values are changing…

Trend #4 : From material to immaterial wealth

"The best things in life aren't things.”

• Sharing economy (better use of resources, access rather than ownership)

• Health• Happiness• Passion…

Passion

“I've become passionate about passion. The more I explore it, the more convinced I am that it’s the key to unlocking sustained extreme performance improvement, both at a personal and institutional level.”John Hagel

The new resource industry?

"The real treasures in futures are not in the ground. The real resources are within us. But most of those resources are neglected because many people are arrested in their development at a certain age, and because human development is seen only as educational development – you learn more and more but you don’t look at your inner sources of imagination.”

Futurist Robert Jungk

FOUR GLOBAL TRENDS

1. COWORKING

2. THE MAKER MOVEMENT AND 3D PRINTING

3. THE DISRUPTION OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

4. FROM MATERIAL TO IMMATERIAL WEALTH

These four trends put together…

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CO-CREATING A NEW COMBINED COWORKING SPACE / MAKERLAB / SCHOOL FOR ENTREPRENEURS / CAFE AND GARDEN IN FREMANTLE?

Exploring New Narratives for WA

Adam Jorlen Jen Lowe

CO-CREATION WORKSHOP #1 – APRIL 2, 2014

Two Questions – You are a Futurist!

1. What are three other trends you have noticed?

2. How might they impact your/our life in Western Australia?

Our concept

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CO-CREATING A NEW COMBINED COWORKING SPACE / MAKERLAB / SCHOOL FOR ENTREPRENEURS / CAFE AND GARDEN IN FREMANTLE?

Four Elements: #1 WORKING

Four Elements: #2 LEARNING

Four Elements: #3 MAKING

Four Elements: #4 EATING & DRINKING

How do we do this?What do we need?1. A great space2. A great community3. Funding

What can we offer? • Learning experience by being onboard this journey• Access to global networks of changemakers• Being part of a multi-disciplinary, futures-focused initiative and new

narrative for WA• Free space and classes based on time bank system which converts time into

credits.• Income if/when viable business model emerge

The search for a space…

Where and Why?

Traditional or/and non-traditional ways of funding?

Not-for-profit, co-op or b corp?

What is a B corp?

• A benefit corporation or B corporation is a corporate form designed for for-profit entities that want to consider society and the environment in addition to profit in their decision making process.

• Benefit corporations differ from traditional corporations in regards to their purpose, accountability and transparency. The purpose of a benefit corporation is to create general public benefit, which is defined as a material positive impact on society and the environment.

FUNDING?

SPACE?

NFP, CO-OP OR B CORP?

The search for a space…

Where and Why?

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

• The search for a name…