cocreation
Making something together
Cocreation is the act of creating something together, typically between parties who might traditionally have separate roles—companies and customers, artists and audiences, teachers and students.
The term emphasizes collaboration over top-down production: The app was developed through cocreation with its user community.
In business contexts, cocreation often means involving consumers in product design or content development.
Joint effort toward shared aim
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- coauthoringJointly creating written work
- cowritingAuthoring with a partner
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
groupwork · cross-functional · multidisciplinary · cooperative · joint · collective · shared · team-building
Collaborative business arrangement
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
- allianceFormal union of parties
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- affiliateConnected member organization
coalition · association · liaison · federation · stakeholder · sponsor · memorandum of understanding · shared ownership
Forming mental concepts
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- design thinkingEmpathy-driven solution framework
- inventionNew device or method
- breakthroughSudden important advance
development · incubator · iteration · experimentation · entrepreneurship · startup · originality · imagination
Combining into a whole
- fusionJoining into unity
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
interconnection · symbiosis · melding · combining · cross-pollination · interdisciplinary · remix · mashup
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
- coauthoringJointly creating written work
- cowritingAuthoring with a partner
participatory · groupwork · cross-functional · multidisciplinary · cooperative · joint · collective · shared · team-building · consensus
joint venture
Collaborative business arrangement
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
- allianceFormal union of parties
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
affiliate · coalition · association · liaison · federation · stakeholder · sponsor · memorandum of understanding · shared ownership · mutual benefit
ideation
Forming mental concepts
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- design thinkingEmpathy-driven solution framework
- inventionNew device or method
breakthrough · development · incubator · iteration · experimentation · entrepreneurship · startup · originality · imagination · ingenuity
integration
Combining into a whole
- fusionJoining into unity
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
synergy · interconnection · symbiosis · melding · combining · cross-pollination · interdisciplinary · remix · mashup · hybridization
cocreationsolo work
Creation by one person
independent work · self-creation · autocreation · one-man show · going it alone
cocreationdestruction
Act of completely ruining
demolition · annihilation · dismantling · deconstruction · unmaking