Four Principles of Collaborative Consumption

By Derek Neighbors on July 11, 2011

The four principles of collaborative consumption:

  1. trust between strangers
  2. power of idling capacity
  3. belief in the commons
  4. critical mass

I get to work at trying these out daily in my work at Gangplank and often times helping transform development organizations while consulting at Integrum. I think about them often and try to think of ways to apply them.

Have you seen any of these principles in the organizations you work at? play at? or frequent? I would love to hear from you about your experience in collaborative consumption.

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