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Identifying the Value of Crowdsourcing: A Talk with Dr. Zoe Szajnfarber

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One method for practicing open innovation is through crowdsourcing, the process of sharing ideas across industries to solve a common problem. Though the collaborators came from very different industries, the same idea could be applied to multiple uses due to similarities in the approach. Realizing the Value of Crowdsourcing.

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From Consumer to Collaborator: A Look at Open Innovation

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A good example of this is open betas for software, where the general public can download the latest version of an upcoming operating system or another tool with the understanding that it may not be stable and that they’ll need to disclose any bugs or issues they find. That can drive even closed innovation processes in powerful ways.

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Lessons Learned About Innovation Communications from the City of Calgary

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myCityInnovation initially invited the City’s 12,000 “wired” employees to share, collaborate, and test new ideas for improving City services. To learn more about the City of Calgary and their myCityInnovation program, download their case study. . They launched a full internal multi-channel marketing strategy.

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A New Era: A New Green Economy

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IdeaScale’s innovation platform was built to address these types of challenges collaboratively and at scale. To learn which challenges that can be solved using crowdsourcing, download the full list. . Learn more about our Climate Action Sweepstakes here! How can they help you solve this problem?

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How Law Enforcement Benefits from Cutting-Edge Innovation Management

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Many law enforcement agencies are turning to new technologies like body cameras and license plate readers, and as they choose and adopt technologies, they must also allot the necessary time so officers can learn how to use them. You can download a summary of the QPS iCOP initiative here. Managing Innovation Among 15,000 Staff Members.

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5 Innovation Engagement Best Practices

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Not every innovation program has developed the communications skill set necessary to engage a global workforce or customer base in sharing ideas, developing ideas, and collaborating. And if you’re not investing in communications, then you’re not maximizing the value of your crowdsourced innovation community.

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Avoiding Groupthink and Empowering Introverts

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When brainstorming and collaborative ideation happens in a physical location, it trends towards polite agreement or staying with the ideas that occur in that small frame of time and receive the most group consensus. To learn more about NYU’s AMC crowdsourcing initiative, download the case study here! Avoiding Groupthink.