Status Updates From The Intention Economy: When...

"This is a fight between 'any' and 'only'. And there are far more opportunities on the 'any' side. Any - standards-based, customer focused Only - pdt/svc-based

Sublinear vs superlinear growth - organic vs networked growth Plants grow sublinearly - 'they don't grow to the sky', but cities can grow indefinitely in that even if an individual component (resident, biz) dies, or even if an atomic bomb is dropped in it, in time it will grow back again (?!) Cos cities are networks, where interdependencies make it more resilient and resourceful - Geoffrey West

Because effect: you make money 'because' of them, not 'with' them. -JP Rangaswami/Doc Searls Economists term this 'positive externalities'.

Prologue Supply side already kicked off - e-commerce - but Demand side still old-school (?). Intention economy/Vendor Relationship Mgmt is the way forward on this. Other than Searls, UK Buyer Centric Commerce Forum, Adriana Lukas - all proponents.