Whatever we think about VRM as a meme we're entering a Personal Information Economy where an increasing proportion of wealth creation is driven by different uses of personal information.
Our society/economy is currently embroiled in a battle over which direction this economy should take.
- large corporations harvesting and monetising data about individuals largely without their knowledge or permission
- individuals managing their own data, acting as the point of integration of data about their own lives, and using this information to configure services around them
The first approach is basically a value extraction model, limited by corporations' ability to monetise data.
The second approach is a value creating model, spawning multiple new forms of value creation and related business models.
We (Ctrl-Shift) have organised
a conference in the UK bringing together policy makers from Government (for example, the UK midata programme to release data back to customers so it can be used for their own purposes), consumer facing organisations that are beginning to 'get it', and innovators making the alternative model happen.
If you are in the UK and would like to attend, get in touch with me. I can't promise anything but I'll see what I can do.
Alan
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Alan Mitchell
Strategy Director, Ctrl-Shift
T6 3rd Floor West Wing
Somerset House
London, WC2R 1LA
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