Interaction between citizens and governments to canvass and influence collective public opinion on civic policy-making and budget spending
A previous article shone a spotlight on several crowdsourcing success stories from Sweden, and the country that birthed technologies from Skype to Spotify is striving to foster other technologies that could influence the world in coming decades. Ahead of our CSW...
In this age of mass communication and globalisation, levels of commerce, foreign investment and tourism can depend largely on how a country is perceived abroad. Visit Sweden, the country’s official travel and tourist information web site, therefore supports many...
How can used mobile phones be collected via reverse logistics, throughout the city of Amsterdam, to facilitate replacement, repair, remanufacturing and recycling? You know your old mobile phone? Yea, that’s right, the one you have lying around in a drawer somewhere....
In recent weeks, as Trump has assumed his position as the President of the United States, the differences between himself and the Obama administration have become clearer. Despite all odds, however, there is one area common to both administrations that is set to...
Peter Diamandis is saying: 99.999% of people don't understand or appreciate the ramifications of what is coming and I agree 100% here. Innovation is the essential component when we are considering how to solve the world’s biggest challenges, and the best place to...
In my last post I looked at some of the technologies that are ushering in the decentralized energy revolution, such as cheap solar power, home batteries and the blockchain. But there’s another type of battery that could also change the way we store and use energy –...
As the famous urban activist Jane Jacobs once wrote, "Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody." It's a truth that lies at the heart of a number of urban co-creation projects, which tap...
For many of us, it's possible when we think of 'Crowdsourcing' what comes to mind is the Kickstarter of an exciting cause or product that we recently contributed financially to (often to support a friend whose involved in it) after seeing it promoted on social media....
In my last blog post, I talked about how disruptors are getting disrupted and elimination of the business ‘middle man.’ Today I want to look back at the first wave of the Crowd Economy and the impact it has made since its birth at the height of the last recession. But...
In Denmark’s capital, cycling and citizen engagement are bywords woven into the city’s culture—and this week the two have been rewarded with Copenhagen City Council’s announcement that it’s investing big in new intelligent traffic signal technology. With a budget of...
We’ve seen the mantra “by the people, for the people” many times and now a Philippine presidential aspirant initiated a unique take on crowdfunding to support his campaign. His initiative is also embedded with a mechanism to protect his votes in the upcoming 2016...
Crowdsourcing. We talk about it. We educate people how to use it. But it is also an overused and underappreciated word, according to Forbes. Its influence is now spawning to government affairs thanks to the Internet. In 2013, President Obama called out to the federal...