Playgroup | Helping brands build genuine brand equity

There is a unique creative community space in Copenhagen called Art-Garage. It originates from the site artrebles.com, founded by Carla Camilla Hjort. Her mission was to combine all the things she loved in one online site. It has now grown to become a physical community with ArtRebles Crew dedicated to all art and rebelliousness.

I love the fact how more and more online communities take the step from virtual reality into physical reality. I am in no doubt that soon we will see businesses like online shops etc test out their existence online and expand into the offline world once the concept has proven itself. Just goes to show the power of the net as an incubator for new bright ideas that normally would not have had the fighting chance.

www.artrebels.com

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From corporations to co-operations, old financial models and management will be massively challenged over the next decade.

The future company or the future business if you like, will be a social company because it prioritises people. I strongly believe this is already happening and Playgroup is one of 'them'. Thomas Geuken has some interesting thoughts on the social company in the article 'to be in good company'. So to take his words and make them my own I will argue that at Playgroup you are in good company, because after all we are a group of people working on tasks for the benefit of other people. We are a social company because it is a way of being together that builds on a mutual wish to shape each other in each other’s company. It's a place people are willing to invest in, in the hopes it lasts "forever". Work is no longer a question of what we do from 9 to 5, but more of a question where we’ll put our time, energy, engagement and talent, so that we can live a meaningful and happy life.

If you find this interesting and would like to explore it further I would recommend CIFS's latest book All Dressed Up - but nowhere to go which discusses the social company.

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Here is a great little app that could sort out lot of your task management issues. Omni Group creates a bunch of helpful and great productivity applications and this is another one: OmniFocus.

Find out more about OmniFocus

There is also a very handy site called 43folders.com that offers all sorts of tips for personal productivity.

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