We scour the internet to find the most interesting news on the collaborative consumption front. Here are our picks for the week: Report: Making Sense of the UK Collaborative Economy 25% of the UK population took part in the collaborative economy over the last year according to a report by Nesta UK and Collaborative… Read more
Over the last few years, we have observed the rapid growth in popularity of collaborative economy companies all around the world, and while we learn more and more about this shift every day, a number of big questions have remained unanswered, such as exactly who is participating in this new economic activity? Why do company founders… Read more
The new report, Making Sense of the Collaborative Economy, from Nesta UK in collaboration with Collaborative Lab, aims to answer some big questions regarding this new economic activity, focusing on the UK context. Read the report here.
This post is written by Kathleen Stokes and Emma Clarence from Nesta, and Lauren Anderson from Collaborative Lab. Defining the Collaborative Economy – how do we do it, and why? From small community groups to major multinational corporations, a large and diverse community of businesses, organisations and groups has assembled under the banner of the ‘Collaborative… Read more
Are you a European-based organisation, company or group that identifies as part of the collaborative economy? Please take our 10-minute survey by May 30th to help us map the sector in the region. We’ve come to recognise the big players of the collaborative economy over the last few years, from AirBnB to ZipCar or Lyft. But what… Read more
NESTA’s ‘Collaborative Consumption: Re-imagining public services’ event on 21 October brought together policy makers, public services practitioners, third sector organisations, digital media companies and others to stimulate debate about the rise in collaborative consumption in the UK. Watch the recap video here.
This article was originally published on the Nesta UK blog. Design and user experience are absolutely critical in building a successful and distinctive Collaborative Consumption platform and strong community of early-ambassadors, yet it is often overlooked in favour of optimum functionality or speed-to-market. Here are my key takeaways (and insights shared by Jonathan Simmons from… Read more
This article was originally published on the Nesta UK blog. Many Collaborative Consumption ideas are pioneering new spaces, and changing users’ behaviour in some shape or form so their biggest initial barrier is typically inertia. Quite simply, getting people to try an idea that might be perceived as ‘risky'(e.g. sharing your home with a stranger)… Read more
Collaborative Consumption from NESTA UK on Vimeo.