What if we evolved the nature of Cooperativism in a way that it reflects businesses that are smarter, faster, more productive and more connected? We are excited to be part of GRACE16 a Global Research on Augmented Collaborative Economy, designed to explore the way different Coops would interact within an Augmented Collaborative Economy. The findings of the study will be presented on 11-13 October 2016, at the 3rd International Summit of Cooperatives in Quebec.

 

In 2015, through our international research (ISWOT14 and ISDVI15) we envisioned a novel superior Coop business model that compels Coops to foster innovation, intelligence and a new form of Collaborative Commerce better suited for the “age of information”. Within this Collaborative Ecosystem, all players (customers, members, partners and banks) are empowered to interact, co-develop and co-deliver novel or complementary superior value-added services and make better use of time and resources. This is what we call Augmented Collaborative Economy and as we define it, represents a new way of thinking about Cooperativism, value generation, market creation and development, exchanges and interactions within the Coop community.

 

Our goals are to advance the management practice of Coops across industries, through practical and actionable insights and by better understanding the evolving role of Collaborative Economy within the Coop sector, while we explore topics including digitalisation, system dynamics, big data and platform based business modelling.

 

In search for answers, we're inviting leaders, researchers, thinkers and practitioners within the Coop sector to assess the cross-sector challenges and explore the way different Coops can work together in an Augmented Collaborative Economy. Participation in GRACE16 is voluntary, your responses will be treated as strictly confidential and it will take you approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

 

We hope you'll join us for this endeavour to help spark a global dialogue on the emerging future of Cooperativism.

 

Thank you.

 

CIBP Team.