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How to Avoid Voting Bias in Crowdsourcing

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing has been judged to be one of the most impactful, but least used digital hacks by organizations by Gartner. Well, it’s an emerging discipline and there’s a lot to learn about how to do it well – how to communicate, how to moderate discussion, how to provide intrinsic value, and more. Why is that?

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How Open Source Can Help Drive Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview: Open source software, patents, and research provide the codebase, data, and information to anyone who wants to explore it. First coined as a term in 1998, open source has its origins in the computer science sector and refers to software where the source code of the project is freely available and can be modified by anyone.

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Case Study: Medicins San Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)

IdeaScale

Think Up is a crowdsourcing platform that brings MSF’s challenges straight to its team. Built on the IdeaScale platform, ideas are reviewed for how apt they are for the challenges, and then put out to MSF’s full organization for voting and discussion. The Solution. The Benefits.

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2022

IdeaScale

Start with this excellent video by Sprouts, an online organization dedicated to learning, science, and ideation. The free web-based brainstorming software makes it simple to upload a document, create a tracking table, and use all other features with a team, sharing documents and collecting edits. Google Docs & Google Sheets.

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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Agile Development : This approach involves having a flexible and iterative development process, where cross-functional teams work together to deliver software or products in short iterations.

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From Consumer to Collaborator: A Look at Open Innovation

IdeaScale

Social media and online connectivity let consumers offer organizations instant feedback, both positive and negative, from detailed reviews to passionate emails to there-and-gone Snapchat snaps. Some industries simply can’t be open, due to contractual or client constraints. How Should I Use Open Innovation?

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The Need for Digital Innovation Platforms

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product. Embedded software is becoming essential within products; from shoes, household appliances, cars, travel etc.