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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. And in 2015, that was what the GSA set out to encourage more of. Launching Innovation With “The Great Pitch”.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

2015: Innovate Your State. Crowdsourcing a winning ballot measure! Engaging city-wide employees in an online dialogue for city improvements. Finding the top-selling product of all time. Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments. Western Australia Police. Saving millions of dollars and thousands of man hours!

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Tesla and Toyota for example opened their patent books to the competition back in 2015 to help accelerate innovation around fuel cells. Q-open is Qmarkets’ specially designed platform for external crowdsourcing and open innovation.

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Qmarkets & Amer Sports – An Innovative Partnership that Created Unprecedented Employee Engagement

Qmarkets

In 2015, Amer implemented Qmarkets’ Q-max platform for crowdsourcing, sharing information, idea development and evaluation, with tools that drove both white and blue-collar participation.

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Tesla and Toyota for example opened their patent books to the competition back in 2015 to help accelerate innovation around fuel cells. Q-open is Qmarkets’ specially designed platform for external crowdsourcing and open innovation.

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Top 10 Innovation Links for the Week of 1.8.16

Planview

Welcome to the first 2016 weekly roundup of innovation links, where we feature a carefully curated selection of our favorite content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. Global Gamification Market 2015-2016. The skinny: Gamification is the use of game mechanics to drive user engagement. Read more ».

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

As the general public’s interest in science continues to increase, professional scientists and researchers develop innovative tools to effectively engage crowds. Crowdsourcing company HeroX provides a platform for citizen driven innovation and science projects in conjunction with the Nasa Tournaments Lab.