Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

Crowdsourcing has been growing in interest for some time to change our thinking in innovation discovery. Crowdsourcing does have both the potential to point towards disrupting possibilities, extends the concept of open innovation into a wider source of participation from a diverse community not possible to reach by other means as effectively.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 21, 2021

Our infographic explores when you should collect data with surveys versus developing ideas with crowdsourcing. Surveys sample from a specific group: The only people who take a survey are generally those you ask to take it, and often only the most engaged out of that particular group. Using Surveys With Crowdsourcing.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

These were for HYPE and posted on their blogs, mostly under their “Methods & Frameworks ” tag. Partly it seems executives don’t engage with their brand or business in the way that their customers do” The difference between DMAIC, DMADV, and Innovation Management (tackling a critical part of Six Sigma).

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Moderators say it’s a powerful tool for employee engagement and collaboration. He says surprising things happen when you pull together a multidisciplinary group to crowdsource ideas. Stearns’ story is a great example of this sort of crowdsourced product development. Feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 23, 2018

As an innovation strategist at IdeaScale, I focus on helping our clients think creatively about how best to engage their crowd and leverage the wisdom of the crowd to source ideas for new products and services and improve processes. — This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Gary Hamel.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 20, 2017

One of the most effective ways to engage your crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. This week we focus on engaging stakeholders and experts early and often. Engage stakeholders and experts in the process from start to finish. Set expectations for the crowd from the beginning.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 19, 2017

Channels : Use diverse communication channels (social media, blogs, emails, events, posters) to reach different kinds of people. Use messaging, visuals, and language specifically tailored to specifically to each target group you wish to engage. Conversely, it will also determine the people who choose not to engage.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Some presenters demonstrated how to first determine what their citizen priorities might be and then lead the way in defining their local agendas — similar to how the NYPD increased citizen engagement through a crowdsourced idea campaign. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Who has a vested interest in the subject matter of your crowdsourcing campaign? Of those people who I wish to engage in decisions, how can I engage them efficiently? And WHEN is the appropriate time to engage them? This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Who must agree?

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IdeaScale

MARCH 23, 2017

As businesses navigate their path towards meaningful diversity, engaging their existing communities using an innovation solution software can help them address the concerns and opportunities they would otherwise miss. — This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 27, 2017

However, to be successful in each role, she says that a set of attitudes and actions are required: Imagination : requires the attitude of engagement and envisioning. Two examples of government institutions that have benefited from crowdsourcing are the City of Atlanta and the Department of Labor. million annually.

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IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2018

Although there are lots of benefits that we’ve discussed in our blog before (transparent processes, lower program costs, etc), this comic highlighted two of my favorite benefits that results from online brainstorming: avoiding groupthink and empowering introverts. Mike McCaw, Chairperson of the NYU Administrative Management Council.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 7, 2017

However, there are some proven measures with high impact on revenue growth, cost and time savings and improved effects on customer satisfaction – one of them Open Innovation (also known as crowdsourcing). This goal can only be achieved by working closely together in a sustainable way – crowdsourcing allows you to do just that.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 29, 2017

And we have various methods of engaging our guests during their visit. I think about what refreshments they’ll want upon arrival, who I should introduce them to, how to best engage them so they have a memorable experience. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Maya Angelou.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Implementing ideas is the key to delivering significant and measurable value to your organization and stakeholders, and setting yourself up for robust crowd engagement in the next round of crowdsourcing. This is your best engagement tool. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 6, 2017

I’d love to hear from you for a future blog post. Additionally, 73% of employees who say they work for a purpose-driven company are engaged, whereas only 23% of employees are engaged at companies that are not purpose driven. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Is this a challenge for you?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ecosystems built around specific platform designs are the future of innovation that takes designs and solutions into a new realm of opportunity built on collaborative engagement and common missions. As we learn we adapt, as we share we grow. But be aware – the challenges are difficult to work through.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2020

Benefits of crowdsourcing: Common Misconceptions In my previous post , I gave a working definition of crowdsourcing and described two major crowdsourcing approaches: adding capacity and accessing expertise. Some of the reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing are rooted in the very nature of the method.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We recently caught up with Juan Fernando Correa, the Projects Analyst at Hochschild who is responsible for leading the company’s crowdsourcing initiatives. That’s why I’ve been engaging with the Qmarkets platform, to enable anyone at the company to bring forward new and interesting ideas for innovation in mining.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

All managers dread this and go to great lengths to improve engagement in the workplace. Whether it’s motivating staff, reaching customers, or simply having a conversation, employers want engaging interactions. The dilemma is, how do managers create engagement? No, the secret to employee engagement is curiosity and challenge.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 2, 2017

It included crowdsourcing , SaaS , cloud-based , B2B , ideate and the big one: INNOVATION. It turns out, not many people know much about crowdsourcing, because they hated the term but loved the real-world stories. We enable our customers to use crowdsourcing for change and improvement within their organization or beyond.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2017

One of the most effective ways to engage the crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. In these two blog posts, we will discuss five best practices for setting a course for idea implementation and managing expectations along the way. This week, we focus on four additional best practices.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For the first item, our goal is to make decisions that are accepted by all the key stakeholders and are consistent with the goals of your crowdsourcing or innovation program or the goals of your organization overall. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Separate discussion from decision-making.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 22, 2017

In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. This included nine different channels which included in-person events, meetings, blog posts, newsletters, social media, print media, video, website advertising, on top of the tried and true email. But how did they do it?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 13, 2017

Representing IdeaScale in many of those SSO engagements is our Senior Developer, Christoph Schebel. “We This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine. Feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. Here’s why: your incentive strategy should be driven by your crowdsourcing objectives. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Now is the time to engage with the disruptive forces reshaping virtually every industry by turning radically disruptive signals into strategy, and strategy into action. This will require entirely new levels of innovation throughout every enterprise and unique ability to continually engage all stakeholders. L eading the Way.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, firms should not neglect a time-tested approach that by its very nature is designed to let large groups of people innovate together without facing each other – crowdsourcing. . crowdsourcing ?as Many firms can also benefit from internal crowdsourcing to perfect their remote work processes.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

When should it be used: Any company which has or is thinking of building an Innovation Team / Department / Lab / Skunkworks should be aware of this concept of Dual Innovation and make sure your teams have the skills and permission to engage in it. 10 – Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Idea Management.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Crowdsourcing is one of the most popular applications of this idea. Numerous organizations –including corporations, governmental agencies, and nonprofits – have adopted crowdsourcing as an innovation tool to help them address their most pressing business challenges. There is no need to “rethink” crowdsourcing fundamentally.

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Planview

APRIL 29, 2019

If you are reading this blog, you know that ideation and engaging the power of the crowd is at the heart of any innovation program. Planview Spigit is conducting the fourth annual State of Crowdsourced Innovation Management survey and study. The 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Findings. Employee Engagement.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In this, the first entry in our innovation management FAQ blog series, we provide answers to these burning questions – and much more! Innovation management software from high-end vendors – such as that offered by Qmarkets – offers gamification and collaboration features to engage users. What is innovation management?

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100%Open

APRIL 1, 2017

Writing effective questions for a crowdsourcing community is an art as well as a science. Here are 5 top tips that we’ve learned to help create an interesting, engaging, productive and innovative challenge: A Need not a Want – Successful crowdsourcing usually tackles challenges that are both interesting and important to our organisation.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

Well, you can work with external networks of talent and expertise by extending your crowdsourcing efforts beyond your organization’s walls. This is why it’s important for leadership to recognize the power of crowdsourcing : it’s a sustainable process for repeatedly unlocking business value. And to think that all you have to do… is ask!

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IdeaScale

JULY 30, 2019

CampaignMonitor helps you create remarkable emails so you can share your message while keeping your customers engaged. You can create a website, blog, online store as simple or complex as you like. Use all of these tools (or at least some of them) the next time you’re launching a crowdsourced innovation campaign.

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