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Who Exactly are the Crowd Workers?

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing allows organizations to find and work with self-selected volunteers to accomplish tasks, gather information, or gain new ideas. However, project managers might wonder exactly who these “crowd workers” are. Critics often assume that employed professionals don’t have time to participate in crowdsourcing projects.

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How Law Enforcement Benefits from Cutting-Edge Innovation Management

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In short, innovation is necessary, as is managing innovation. Innovation management software can be the key to successful innovation, as was brilliantly demonstrated by the Queensland Police Service (QPS) in 2018. Managing Innovation Among 15,000 Staff Members. You can download a summary of the QPS iCOP initiative here.

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FDA Transforms the Workplace with Innovation Challenges

IdeaScale

Five years ago, CDER launched a crowdsourcing program to make better use of its 4,500 employees, and the results have been extremely promising. Ascione and Taylor emphasized that what works best in the context of CDER is time-limited crowdsourcing challenges as opposed to open-ended initiatives. Importance of Time-Limited Challenges.

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Open Innovation: Your Guide to Harnessing and Managing the Best Ideas

IdeaScale

Businesses, even startups, are able to get ideas to market using a different process which includes crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, and implementation only after the market is proven. While you can still have experts in the R&D department, you can also engage employees and external groups to solve any problem. Download it today.

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Featured IM Award Winner: The US Coast Guard

IdeaScale

We’re not surprised that the US Coast Guard is one of our favorite stories from this year’s Innovation Management Awards. To learn more about how the US Coast Guard is connecting continuous innovation and learning, download their case study detailing their process and implemented ideas.

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What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation?

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What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation? Crowdsourcing and co-creation is an essential arm of conducting smart business. What is the Goal of Crowdsourcing Innovation? Crowdsourcing for innovation also creates a space for unique collaborations and meetings of the mind that might not occur otherwise. Who Can be in My Crowd?

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Avoiding Groupthink and Empowering Introverts

IdeaScale

This is something that NYU noticed when they started engaging the voices of their 4,000 administrators in order to inform their representatives to the University Senate about the strategic initiatives that mattered to them. Mike McCaw, Chairperson of the NYU Administrative Management Council.