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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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Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help Solve the Refugee Crisis in Europe?

Qmarkets

Budapest, Hungary - September 7, 2015: Children's shoes from war refugees at the Keleti Railway Station. Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? Two forms of crowdsourcing approaches seem particularly relevant in this context. Maybe there is also a third option?

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Can an Open Innovation Challenge Methodology Help Solve the Refugee Crisis?

Qmarkets

In 2015, an overcrowded boat carrying a group of Syrian refugees capsized and sank off an island in Greece. Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? Two forms of crowdsourcing approaches seem particularly relevant in this context. Maybe there is also a third option?

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Top 10 Innovation Links of the Week: 12.24.15

Planview

It’s time once again for Spigit’s 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. How Crowdsourcing Delivers Supply Chain Innovation. How to Set up Your Organization to Execute Faster With Crowdsourcing.

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Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help Solve the Refugee Crisis in Europe?

Qmarkets

Budapest, Hungary - September 7, 2015: Children's shoes from war refugees at the Keleti Railway Station. Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? Two forms of crowdsourcing approaches seem particularly relevant in this context. Maybe there is also a third option?

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How to enable inclusive innovation

hackerearth

Foster and Heeks (2015) define it this way: “ Inclusive innovation is the means by which new goods and services are developed for and by marginal groups (the poor, women, the disabled, ethnic minorities, etc).” Many governments across the world — such as Mexico, Uganda, India, Thailand, and Brazil — have ongoing inclusive innovation programs.

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The 8 great talks from 8 years of Union

100%Open

Over that time, we’ve hosted over 30 events, 250+ amazing speakers, and attracted over 3000+ attendees. Since then Transferwise have since gone on to take on traditional financial services with clever peer to peer technology that avoids big international fees, and attracting investment from the likes of Richard Branson along the way.