02 The Co-World
Ever since the invention of the Internet we have been living in a state of constant change; in how we communicate, in how we relate to other people, and even in how we work. New technologies have favoured collaborative projects: Wikipedia, open-source communities, blogs, social networks, etc. The application of all these tools to world of work and business offers infinite opportunities. Collaboration has become a competitive advantage in many areas: between company and businesses, between company and supplier, between company and university, and even between company and competitors. As a result, society and the world are moving towards a more Co universe; cooperative, collaborative, cocreative. It’s about challenging and coordinating effort, promoting creativity and the generation of ideas, optimising resources and fostering innovation. [...]
The voices
The voice of an academic director of Digital Comunication
Give a fish, teach to fish, or teach how to teach to fish?Cristòfol Rovira
Head of the Masters in Digital Documentation and Search Engines IDEC-UPF
There is a well-known Chinese proverb that says: “Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you’ll feed him for [...]
The voice of an academic director of Business Comunication
Together or separately?Joan-Francesc Cànovas
Professor of business communication and Communication Direction and Digital Journalism, IDEC-UPF
According to the most recent published data, there are more than 2,400 million Internet users worldwide, 2,200 million email accounts, over 1,000 million Youtube or Facebook users, almost 700 million [...]
The voice of an academic director in Personal and Executive Coaching
Is a Collaborative Approach the Key to Withstanding the Economic Crisis?Jordi López Mercadé
Director of Coaching Programmes, Barcelona School of Management
What does collaborating or cooperating together mean? The term “dependence” implies the subordination or subjection of one person or thing to another; in other words, to depend on someone or [...]
The voice of an professor of Economy, Financial and Business
Cooperatives: a business model for the present and the futureRamon Bastida
Professor of the Barcelona School of Management and member of the Roca i Galès Foundation
In Catalonia there are currently 4,130 cooperatives, with 15% of the population linked to one of these companies: 38,000 direct jobs, 42,000 members of service cooperatives, 100,000 farmers linked to [...]
The voice of the President of an innovation services company
The future is co-Alfons Cornella
Founder, Infonomia & co-Society
The future of business is collaboration. The future of capitalism is co-capitalism. The problem is that we don’t know what we really mean when we speak of co-business, and we just don’t [...]
The voice of a ex-student, Barcelona School of Management
Towards a New “Co-World”?Filippo Montesi
Talent Scholarship-holder, Master of Science in International Business, Barcelona School of Management
The prefix “co-” has become a very trendy expression, widely used the fields of technology and innovation and gradually becoming adopted by the world of business and organisations. At present, [...]