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Five Crowdsourced Ideas that Came From Unlikely Places

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Overview: The value of crowdsourcing is that you can find ideas in the most unusual of places. These five, in particular, might surprise you and offer guidance for your crowdsourcing strategy. For World Cerebral Palsy Day in 2013, he asked for a wheelchair that either had an extended range or could run indefinitely.

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Three Real World Examples of Crowdsourcing in Education

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That’s made schools of all levels and the wider education industry that supports them a fruitful ground for crowdsourcing approaches. Three schools, in particular, have used crowdsourcing to make changes for the good of students. Now Columbia uses crowdsourcing to listen and act, making the school the best it can be.

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How Crowdsourcing is Enhancing the Healthcare Sector

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In 2013, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation took a step that many found surprising: creating a prize and asking the world to reengineer the condom. But little noted was that Gates was pioneering crowdsourcing in healthcare … and that it worked. Open Innovation In Healthcare. Open innovation can be a true life-saver.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

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The Innovation Management Awards are in their fifth year and we thought it would be good chance to look back at all the past winners as we prepare to receive submissions from around the world in this year’s competition. Improving the University’s “Innovation Quotient.” 2015: Innovate Your State. State of Minnesota.

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Build Your Career by Sharing a Crowdsourced Idea

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In 2013, Stearns was 26-years-old. The result was recognized by Home Depot as one of the most innovative products of the year, that was featured on HGTV and in Popular Mechanics. Stearns is humble about his success and quick to mention other team members who helped bring this innovation to market. It changed his life.

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Amazon’s Innovative Answer to Same-Day Delivery Bottlenecks

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This is a crowdsourced program that uses gig workers to make final deliveries of products, but there have been problems. In 2013, Amazon entered into an agreement with the U.S. Created in June of 2018, the innovative Delivery Partner program allows entrepreneurs to build their own delivery business specifically for Amazon.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Up to now we’ve gathered 71 different methodologies for implementing innovation in your organization. Innovation Cycle (Avans). Focus stage: Growth Published: 2013 more….