Anne Haynes, Director of Transformative Development at MassDevelopment, discusses the intersection of mobility, networks, entrepreneurship, trends in the collaborative economy, and the implications for the workplace. From "After the Mobility Revolution: Rethinking the Future of Our American City", September 13, 2014.

1. MOBILE CAPITAL+
THE PLACE OF
WORK9.13.14 ANNE GATLING HAYNES
Mobility creates flux, and that drives energy and human
collisions. The result is vibrancy, entrepreneurship and
economic energy, or lack thereof. Mobility is the
economic social network that matters.”
Paul Kedrosky “migration in America, Vibrant Flux,” Forbes 2011

2. CONNECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT
big-M and little-m
Mobility: The increasing flow of people and money
between and across cities
mobility: Within cities, the changing patterns of
people and work will affect land use and development

3. WHAT ARE LARGE
CORPORATIONS DOING
decreasing footprints,
increasing labor distribution,
open innovation models &
chasing talent and data
• (IBM Decreased Footprint by 78m sf, 40-45% workforce is mobile, saving 5m gal fuel)
• (2006, P&G 35% new products emerged outside of corporate walls)
• (R&D centers for IBM, Microsoft, Autodesk)
Fried, Remote: Office not Required, 2013; original research

4. WHAT ARE SMALL
CORPORATIONS DOING
attracted to places with
specialized talent pools
• (37 Signals distributed workplace & Remote)
• (Seeding collaborative workspaces)
formalizing partnerships
with larger corporations and
each other
• (Significant Increase in Corporate Venture Capital funds)
• (partnerships & joining forces, not merging)

5. WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING
finding great places to live
• (increasing urbanization, growing populations in smaller cities)
• (minimizing commute times and increased civic engagement)
super commuting
• (1.15m workers from 10 large metro areas are super long distance commuting)
• (increase of multi-state tax returns)
business & civic DIY
• (increase of the freelancer/solopreneur economy—projected to 40% by 2020)
• (buying direct in new intermediary market places and through the web)
• (occupy, spontaneous placemaking, pothole reporting, hacking events)

6. PEOPLE PLACES : NEW MARKETS

7. WHAT DOES A COLLABORATIVE
ECONOMY LOOK LIKE?
Blurring Life/Work/Learn
• (Makerspaces, Retail ‘Experience Centers’, 24/7 global work clock, MOOCs)
• (Apts as startup offices in Kendall Square, Jellies, & Social Networking hubs)
Blurring public/private
• (CIA Crowdsourcing)
• (Hacking & Open Data/ Open Gov)
• (Project Finance, DIF/TIF, PPPs)
Collaborative Workspaces
• (Doubling every year, makerspaces in libraries, sharing economy to kitchens, labs &
production, government?? )
• (Gov’t support for growth of new models)

8. ECONOMIC SYSTEM : INFORMATION
& COLLABORATION

9. IT’S HERE NOW
© 2013 Anne Gatling Haynes

10. WHAT DOES A COLLABORATIVE
SYSTEM LOOK LIKE?
Open Government
• (Data as currency, chasing data)
• (Shared infrastructure, assets, expertise)
Open Borders
• (Increased fluidity & mobility)
Land /Building Redistribution
• (Resiliency prompted fragmentation: Infrastructure, assets, wealth)
• (Large corporations & big box retail into urban centers)
• (Amazon Corporate Headquarters, Target City, La Jeune Rue)

11. NOW + FUTURE
© 2014 Anne Gatling Haynes
Mobility Equity: ensuring access to systems
Revenue: Changes to corporate & property tax co
and distrubtion
Places::limited redevelopment resources, infrastru
costs and regulation