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Best Practices for Internal Crowdsourcing: Lessons Learned from NASA

IdeaScale

Learn innovation and crowdsourcing strategy from NASA. Do you want to know the secrets for success through internal crowdsourcing and innovation storytelling? The center was created in 2011 by the federal Office of Science, Technology, and Policy to foster innovation at NASA and throughout U.S. government departments.

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A Lateral Way to Expose War Crimes and Fight Disinformation

Destination Innovation

The English journalist and blogger, Eliot Higgins, became interested in open source methods in 2011 when he wanted to authenticate video clips from war zones and crime sites. These are mighty achievements started by Higgins and a group of crowdsourcing amateurs sitting at their computers. Eliot Higgins. Follow Bellingcat on Twitter.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

As recently as 2011 90% of Lego’s users were boys. A typical engineering mistake is wanting to invent all the things the product might consist of in one go. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.”. Study the user in action. Lego commissioned detailed ethnographic studies to determine why this was.

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The 3 Most Common Questions about Idea Management Software

IdeaScale

I’ve been with IdeaScale since 2011. Though much has changed on our tool and in the innovation space, these questions are just as prevalent as they were in 2011. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine. I’ve been on thousands of prospect calls.

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Crowdfunding Efforts in the Wake of Harvey, Irma, Maria and the Earthquake

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing covers a number of activities. Obviously, you can collect ideas and collaborate on their development using a tool like IdeaScale, but crowdsourcing can also be used to gather funds from the public and when that happens, it’s called crowdfunding. It could be used to share knowledge as you do on Quora or Wikipedia.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2011 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2011 more…. Crowdsourcing (Whitla). Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2011 more…. Stage-Gate Model in Crowdsourcing (Saldanha). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2011 more….

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How NASA Leads Intrapreneurial Innovation

InnovationManagement

Not everyone knows that NASA has embedded crowdsourcing into their strategy and capabilities. But in fact, back in 2011 (after they ran a highly successful crowdsourcing pilot) NASA established the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI).