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Idea Crowdsourcing at MARTA: Encouraging Innovation in the Public Sector

Qmarkets

The ‘Your Ride, You Decide’ program crowdsourced ideas and feedback on designs for MARTA’s new fleet of rail cars from thousands of riders across the region. Lyle Harris, Senior Director of Customer and Employee Experience at MARTA We caught up with Lyle Harris, who is tasked with running MARTA’s crowdsourcing initiatives.

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The building blocks of open innovation lead towards Business Ecosystems.

Paul Hobcraft

The building blocks of open innovation building towards Business Ecosystem design. Crowdsourced Innovation Challenges: Description: Design and launch innovation challenges that involve a broader network, inviting external contributors to solve specific business problems or contribute novel ideas.

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Striking Gold: The $40m Idea Unearthed Through Crowdsourcing

Qmarkets

We recently caught up with Juan Fernando Correa, the Projects Analyst at Hochschild who is responsible for leading the company’s crowdsourcing initiatives. The thing that stood out was that Qmarkets showed the most flexibility when designing a workflow. Blurring the Lines Between Incremental and Disruptive Innovation in Mining.

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Three Signs You Need to Tap Into a Crowdsourcing Community

Innovation Excellence

Crowdsourcing has several business applications: funding source, task assignment, knowledge sharing, and more. We find that people are ready to launch their first crowdsourcing initiative when they hit a few key roadblocks: When you want fresh ideas. Crowdsourcing has the benefit of building up a virtuous cycle with a brand.

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Have organizations become more collaborative over 25 years? What has enabled that?

Paul Hobcraft

Instead, they are tapping into the global pool of talent and ideas, using tools like crowdsourcing and hackathons. Design thinking: Design thinking is another methodology that is gaining traction in innovation. In my first post, I asked what the main aspects of innovation thinking and design changed from 1999 to 2019.

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Idea Crowdsourcing at MARTA: Encouraging Innovation in the Public Sector

Qmarkets

The ‘Your Ride, You Decide’ program crowdsourced ideas and feedback on designs for MARTA’s new fleet of rail cars from thousands of riders across the region. Lyle Harris, Senior Director of Customer and Employee Experience at MARTA We caught up with Lyle Harris, who is tasked with running MARTA’s crowdsourcing initiatives.

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What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation?

eZassi

What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation? Crowdsourcing and co-creation is an essential arm of conducting smart business. What is the Goal of Crowdsourcing Innovation? Crowdsourcing for innovation also creates a space for unique collaborations and meetings of the mind that might not occur otherwise. Who Can be in My Crowd?