Last month the William Davidson Institute’s Ted London and Colm Fay introduced “A Roadmap for the Base of the Pyramid Domain: Re-energizing for the Next Decade.” The docment, available for download here, is a co-created action agenda that represents a shared vision for the expansion and reframing of the base of the pyramid domain.
The report is the product of the BoP Summit 2013: Creating an Action Agenda for the Next Decade, hosted by WDI in October 2013. The event brought together over 200 leaders from more than 20 countries to reflect on what has been learned in the BoP domain in the decade since the concept was popularized by C.K. Prahalad and Stuart Hart, among others.
Below are a few key Tweets from attendees and others from the launch. You can read more about the initative here and here.
In addition, an event summary from the Society for International Development in Washington, D.C., where the report was unveiled, may be found here.
Next gen BoP strategy: BoP is partner, engaging in deep dialogue, direct personal relationships to co-create, says @StuartLHart #boproadmap
— WBCSD U.S., Inc (@WBCSD_US) October 23, 2014
. @StuartLHart speaking at the launch of the #boproadmap @wdi_michigan @NextBillion @sidwashington pic.twitter.com/YweHg7aKDF
— Colm Fay (@colmfay) October 23, 2014
Capabilities required for creating fortune WITH #BoP: economies of scale, innovation, reach, interaction. @stuarthart #boproadmap
— Laura Asiala (@LauraAsialaCSR) October 23, 2014
Ted London @wdi_michigan says BoP is at inflection point, asks: have we lost our humility? #boproadmap
— WBCSD U.S., Inc (@WBCSD_US) October 23, 2014
Next stage of Base of Pyramid? Ted London says more humility + true mutual value creation #bproadmap @wdi_michigan pic.twitter.com/uq8neV5Dg4
— Rishi Moudgil (@rmoudgil) October 23, 2014
Ted London: Motivation for last yr’s #bopbiz Summit was not just to come and be inspired, but come and go to work, resulting in #boproadmap
— WDI at Univ. of Mich (@wdi_michigan) October 23, 2014
BoP 1.0 is about finding, 2.0 is creating something that doesn’t exist. Not an execution challenge but an innovation challenge #boproadmap
— Katie Sarro (@KatieSarro) October 23, 2014
So what if you know how poor the farmers are? You have to segment them & understand/improve what works for them. @wdi_michigan #boproadmap
— Julie Peachey (@PeacheyJulie) October 23, 2014
Ted London: We need to provide a link between enterprise development & Poverty alleviation – & we need to start sharing it. #boproadmap
— NextBillion (@NextBillion) October 23, 2014
#BoProadmap incl. building a holistic ecosystem, beyond-local scalable enterprises, & global knowledge/training programs @bopglobalnetwork
— Rishi Moudgil (@rmoudgil) October 23, 2014
S. Sobhani @undp: scaling inclusive biz requires 4 key functions: info, investment, incentives, implementation support #boproadmap
— WBCSD U.S., Inc (@WBCSD_US) October 23, 2014
Mutual Value Creation Initiative’s first step is to create a learning community and hold a metrics event to accelerate action #boproadmap
— Heather Esper (@heatheresper) October 23, 2014
.@UNDPDC at @sidwashington launch of ’Roadmap for the Base of the Pyramid Domain’ #boproadmap @BCtAInitiative @UNDP pic.twitter.com/VDPlYcvgnQ
— UNDP Washington (@UNDPDC) October 23, 2014
