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The Pitfalls of Crowdsourcing: How to Overcome Them to Spur Innovation

Viima

A study shows that 85% of the top global brands have used crowdsourcing during the last decade. But is crowdsourcing truly effective to spur innovation? So, we decided to write this article and show you the hard facts of crowdsourcing, which will help you decide if this is something your organization can benefit from.

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Community Engagement Tips

IdeaScale

Crowdsourced innovation communities only succeed when they bring in new voices and encourage them to share ideas. Companies with higher ideation rates are associated with higher profits and net growth, but how are you supposed to bring people in and make them feel heard. Sonja Sulcer. “ Whitney Bernstein.

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Are You Working on the Right Things? The Power of Collaborative Channels

Planview

We’d recommend creating channels for collaboration – crowdsourcing via the web – at all junctures in the work management lifecycle. Hmmm, crowdsourcing. “Oh, Crowdsourcing can take place at all points of the innovation cycle. These contributors enjoy participating in crowdsourcing at this stage because it is easy.

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4 Reasons Why Defining Goals is Critical to Successful Ideation Challenges

Planview

Defining goals is critical to running successful ideation challenges. I’ve been working with several ideation program managers recently to launch their first crowdsourcing challenge and noticed that many try to bypass the step of defining goals. We’re fortunate to have a behind the scenes look at what works and what doesn’t.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation: 4 Steps to Success

Planview

Recently, Spigit CTO James Gardner shared some of his expert tips on using crowdsourcing software to build your innovation pipeline. But according to Gardner, you should be wary of staunching the flow too soon — especially if backing off on ideation is a result of feeling overwhelmed. Here’s what we learned.

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5 Insights for Inclusive Innovation

100%Open

We are excited to share these 5 top tips for fostering inclusive innovation that unlocks the full potential of diverse perspectives: 1. Involving beneficiaries in the processes of insight-generation, ideation and decision-making moves people away from being research subjects and towards being co-creators.

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4 Myths About Crowdsourcing Innovation

Planview

You might have heard that crowdsourcing innovation is really hard to manage. Here are 4 crowdsourcing myths you’ve probably heard — and why you shouldn’t let them stop you from giving it a try. Here are 4 crowdsourcing myths you’ve probably heard — and why you shouldn’t let them stop you from giving it a try.