How the impact of artificial intelligence and freelancing aka the gig economy is changing traditional workplace practices
Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) is looking for BOLD Interns. CSW is the leading global platform and content activation partner for the Crowd Economy. It connects innovators, entrepreneurs, start-ups and companies with the latest ideas and best practices in crowdsourcing,...
COVID-19 is going to be a generation’s shared memory, with its disruptive and generally negative effects. The lockdowns are increasing the size of the gig-economy workforce as some furloughed workers transition to a temporary income from any of the most in-demand jobs...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an immediate need for online education, it has also triggered the unbundling of the entire education industry. This, coupled with learner demands for flexible formats, will mean that the digital transformation that we’ve all...
History shows that crowdsourcing is not new. Today, a proliferation of open innovation platforms encourages skilled experts throughout the world to compete for cash and status by offering solutions to an array of prize challenges, whether as individuals or as...
A fundamental tenet of the sharing economy is to use resources more efficiently. At a time when all of us as individuals are increasingly asked to consider our use of air travel, single-use plastic products, and turning down room temperatures, the construction...
Debates on the benefits of and threats from artificial intelligence are moving on. Projections of mass unemployment due to the loss of routine work are becoming more balanced by realisations that maybe 65% of children in primary school today are going to have jobs...
When I set up my marketing business I sketched out a rough idea for a company logo and wondered what to do next. I’d heard of an online design service where I could search for someone to complete the task for me at a starting price of $5. It seemed silly not to give...
In a world where everyone talks about the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, what would make coding special? What would a differentiator, a breakthrough, not just another nice-to-have feature? Our answer at WonderLogix is to use of plain English versus code...
The banking and financial services sector is becoming more strategically focused and technologically advanced. It has to respond to growing consumer expectations while trying to defend market share against an increasing array of competitors who are each trying to eat...
Mathesia is a crowdsourcing-based innovation platform headquartered in Italy, though available globally, that brings together a highly specialized crowd of about 3,000 vetted mathematicians and data scientists from around the world. Since launching in 2014, Mathesia’s...
With young people finding it increasingly hard to find quality and meaningful work, more and more are turning to the gig-economy. Although this form of work can be unpredictable, stressful and at times downright precarious, and offers no traditional employee benefits...
The first ever annual BOLD Awards gala dinner ceremony to announce the 12 category winners will take place April 5 on the campus of H-FARM just outside Venice, Italy. H-FARM is an innovation platform which supports and accelerates the creation of new startup...