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How the GSA’s 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Highlights: The General Services Administration (GSA) founded the 10X program in 2017 to internally crowdsource ideas and new approaches. The GSA’s 10X program has been successful due to transparency, accepting failure as part of the process, and a willingness to discuss why ideas didn’t work.

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3 Vital Idea Crowdsourcing Best Practices from the 2021 Suez Canal Obstruction

Qmarkets

In recent years, the concept of crowdsourcing has become an increasingly common tool used in response to large scale crises and world events. From the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 to the Covid-19 solutions marketplace in Israel last year, crowdsourcing has been proven as an effective way to gather solutions and solve problems.

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3 Lessons Learned from Open Nation 2017

IdeaScale

They came to discuss how crowdsourcing ideas is changing their organizations and to learn best practices from each other. Tim Parsons (@rookzero) November 2, 2017. — Whitney Bernstein (@whit_berns) November 2, 2017. To tide you over until next year, you can view presentations from Open Nation 2017 here.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Benefits of crowdsourcing: Common Misconceptions In my previous post , I gave a working definition of crowdsourcing and described two major crowdsourcing approaches: adding capacity and accessing expertise. Some of the reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing are rooted in the very nature of the method.

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The Perfect Conditions for Entering A New Innovation Era in 2017

Paul Hobcraft

So if there was ever a time to clear the existing innovation agenda and rework the entire space for innovating, it is about to become the pressing reality as we enter into 2017. We are encouraging more innovation hacks, providing different designs of crowdsourcing for funding, ideas, and understanding. It needs a base.

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How do I know if someone will be successful at innovation?

IdeaScale

Transparent Communication: In a recent Gartner report , crowdsourcing is the most impactful digital innovation technique. What outcome are you looking for in 2017? — This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Put all your KPI’s to this test. Track what matters. Let us know!

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My Approach to Customer Onboarding & Nurturing: Hospitality

IdeaScale

And our talented group of Innovation Advisors are always ready to respond to questions about crowdsourcing and innovation management. This year’s Open Nation will be held on November 2-3, 2017 and registration is currently open. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Maya Angelou.