Social innovator

Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration
and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will
transform business, consumerism and the way we live. She is the
co-author of "What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption."

Why you should listen to her:

Rachel Botsman is the co-author of the book What's Mine Is Yours:
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. She is a social innovator
who writes, consults, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing

through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism
and the way we live.

She is the founder of CCLab, an innovation incubator that works with startups,
big businesses and local governments to deliver innovative solutions based on
the ideas of Collaborative Consumption. She has consulted to Fortune 500
companies and leading nonprofit organizations around the world
on brand and innovation strategy, and was a former director
at the William J. Clinton Foundation.

Home: rachelbotsman.com

Home: collaborativeconsumption.com

Twitter: @rachelbotsman

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."

Friday, January 7, 2011

Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption | Video on TED.com

Social innovator Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live. She is the co-author of "What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption."

Why you should listen to her: Rachel Botsman is the co-author of the book What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. She is a social innovator who writes, consults, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing

through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live.

Social innovator

Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration
and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will
transform business, consumerism and the way we live. She is the
co-author of "What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption."

Why you should listen to her:

Rachel Botsman is the co-author of the book What's Mine Is Yours:
The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. She is a social innovator
who writes, consults, and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing

through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism
and the way we live.