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Wealth Systems
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Wealth is anything that fulfills needs or wants A wealth system is the way wealth is created True wealth occurs when man is able to create an economic surplus
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The first wave was based on growing things, the second was based on making things and the third is based on serving, thinking, knowing and experiencing
1. Work a. Until field labor was replaced by factory work, few people ever held a job b. A job in todays sense of formally committed work in return for pay is a recent innovation c. For centuries, most labor was forced labor (slavery for example) d. Work has moved from outdoors to indoors e. More people will work in the future but there will be fewer jobs
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3. Place a. Wealth creation in the world continues to move west b. Detroit & Cleveland, both second wave cities, are listed as the poorest large cities in the US* * per US Census Bureau, 2008
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1. Knowledge is inherently non-rival a. Millions of people can use the same chunk of knowledge without diminishing it b. The more knowledge is used, the more knowledge is created. This is not true of food or things 2. Knowledge is intangible a. We cant touch, fondle or slap it, but we can (and do) manipulate it
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8. Knowledge can be stored in smaller and smaller spaces 9. Knowledge can be explicit or implicit, expressed or not expressed, shared or tacit 10. Knowledge is hard to contain -- it wants to be free of boundaries
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The information/knowledge wealth system is the first system to be driven by an inexhaustible and unlimited resource a. All other wealth systems were based on scarce resources such as food and raw materials
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Observations
Businesses confined to tangible products are limited by scarcity of people, property and capital
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Businesses confined to tangible products are limited by scarcity of people, property and capital Knowledge-based businesses are built on an inexhaustible and unlimited resource Which are likely to grow faster?
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Questions
What are the knowledge components of my business vs. the tangible components? What can I do to move my business to a richer mix of knowledge vs. tangible? How can I protect and leverage my companys knowledge base? What can I do to reduce cycle times of both learning and doing in my company?
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