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Crowdsourcing and APIs: Everything You Need to Know

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing is the act of harnessing the power and work force of a crowd to accomplish a task. Lately, companies creating documentation for APIs have turned to crowdsourcing. Becky Todd, a content manager at Atlassian (a collaboration software company), gave a talk at 2017’s Write the Docs Prauge. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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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. In 2015, the GSA held what was intended to be a one-off event called “The Great Pitch.”

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How to turn a Multinational Automotive-Finance Company into an Innovation Powerhouse

Qmarkets

Jean-Philippe Mathes: As we all know, the finance industry is more ripe for technological disruption than almost any other sector. We’re now facing threats not just from established competitors, but countless hi-tech start-ups which seem to appear on a weekly basis. Of course, we are very happy with what we’ve seen so far.

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Employee Engagement Propels Innovation

Planview

s 2017 State of the Global Workplace Report, 85 percent of employees are disengaged on the job, which is costing companies $7 trillion in lost productivity, turnover, poor customer experience, absenteeism, and lower profitability. However, for this culture to exist, employee engagement is imperative. Unfortunately, most aren’t.

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Top 3 Alternative Assets for your Business Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

Benefits of Crowdsourcing Ideas Ideas have a huge amount of potential and can result in a variety of benefits for an organization. Challenges of Crowdsourcing Ideas As with most things, there is always a downside! The trend data you gather can be based on anything from new technologies and services to new disruptive business models.

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The Impact of Stress on Innovation

IdeaScale

million working days were lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/2017. For instance, at IdeaScale we have created a unique idea management platform that utilises crowdsourcing. This technology enables employees to collaborate on ideas easily; communicating with other departments in a hassle-free manner.

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How to turn a Multinational Automotive-Finance Company into an Innovation Powerhouse

Qmarkets

Jean-Philippe Mathes: As we all know, the finance industry is more ripe for technological disruption than almost any other sector. We’re now facing threats not just from established competitors, but countless hi-tech start-ups which seem to appear on a weekly basis. Of course, we are very happy with what we’ve seen so far.