How can existing distribution chain members stay connected and become master of their own destiny? A week ago I had the honour to be invited as key note speaker at the Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA) for the Unbound Book summit. The theme was the future of (e)books and its’ distribution chain. A huge topic that [...]

Last week, the California- based fashion brand Volga Verdi announced “for the first time in history” to offer its customers discounts depending on the number of friends, followers or fans they have on popular social networks.The more online friends you have, the more discount you get.  For example if you have over 200 followers on Twitter, [...]

One of our taglines at Favela Fabric is “We help organizations harness their social capital”. Many definitions exist for social capital, so what do we harness exactly? One of the characteristics of social capital is that it refers to something intangible. Another could be that it refers to human (social) relationships. To me, we’re talking [...]