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Tip 8: There’s No Such Thing as a Know-It-All

Stephen Shapiro

Summary of Tip 8 (of 40) from Best Practices Are Stupid. This is why open innovation is so powerful. This is why open innovation is so powerful. In this tip, we explore a model to determine which opportunities are the right ones for external collaboration – and which should be solved internally.

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Ten Top Tips for Success with Open Innovation

Destination Innovation

Increasingly this internal focus is being replaced by a more powerful and effective approach – open innovation (OI). Crowdsourcing is a version of OI in which you typically throw out a challenge to a crowd of experts who separately compete with ideas to solve your problem. Assess in what areas you need more innovation.

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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? As tempting as it is to fall into the trap of the latest trends in innovation methods, it’s not wise to jump headfirst.

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So Are You Thinking Crowdsourcing?

Paul Hobcraft

Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Continuing with my exploring crowdsourcing. Let’s start here by raising some of the biggest concerns you might have over crowdsourcing? this source: [link]. Part one is here.

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Introducing: CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd

IdeaScale

It’s about a tech CEO, played by Jeremy Piven, who builds a crowdsourcing platform to help find his daughter’s killer. Ostensibly, Sophia then wades through the noise to find the tips of value. As an Innovation Strategist at a company that also built a platform that specializes in crowdsourcing, I found the show’s premise intriguing.

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So Are You Thinking Crowdsourcing?

Paul Hobcraft

Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Continuing with my exploring crowdsourcing. Let’s start here by raising some of the biggest concerns you might have over crowdsourcing? this source: [link]. Part one is here.

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5 top tips for choosing an online crowdsourcing platform

100%Open

Here are 5 top tips to help you make your decision: 1. Doncaster Talks crowdsourcing community (Dub platform example). One thing is for absolutely sure – selecting the right platform for your community does not always need a large budget. More expensive is not always better for your particular job. Rigorous research.