Group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, or competition of many individuals with a common purpose
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....
Can you imagine what two heads can achieve to solve a problem? A popular quote sums it up: “Two are better off than one because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up.” True enough, no man or woman is an island....
Wiki-Safety is an online platform that aims to collect and share information on accident prevention and safety tips via crowdsourcing. Every society possesses specific knowledge on safety issues. But, despite the spread of the internet this knowledge is not widely...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNdNudlvPo8 José María Figueres is a businessman, politician and no stranger to innovation. As President of Costa Rica (1994-1998) at the age of 39, he created a comprehensive national development strategy based on the tenets of...
Chaordix is an early supporter of Crowdsourcing Week and Shelley is on our Board of Advisors. She will deliver a talk on Growing Global Brands through Crowdsourcing in Singapore. In this presentation, Shelley will reveal how brands are being transformed by tapping the...
Crowdsourcing is a great tool for solving problems, but just like any other tool--it doesn't solve everything. As the saying goes, when all you've got is a hammer everything starts to look like a nail. Crowdsourcing will never be the one-all solve-all tool for problem...
Sir Paul Nurse has 'weight' when it comes to science. His position is the head of The Royal Society in the United Kingdom and in an address in Melbourne he suggested that we need to keep politicians away from scientists: "It also emphasizes the need to keep the...
One of the earliest scientific understandings of the crowd came from the brilliant Francis Galton. According to his Wikipedia entry Galton was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, Geographer, inventor, meteorologist,...
Chaordix is hosting a live webinar via the Conference Board of Canada on "Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation" this coming Tuesday, Feb. 5th at 1pm EST. The Conference Board of Canada is pleased to present Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation, a live webinar on...
French reserachers Lobre & Lebraty say that the value of crowdsourcing lies in the innovativeness of ideas and in the authenticity of contributions. This post is about a specific case where crowdsourcing is being used by a company to get authentic market feedback...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Switzerland) and Chaordix are working on an idea -- use the Swiss crowd, specifically startups, to develop new sustainable consumption ideas. Chaordix will be engaging its crowdsourcing community -- WWF Green Ideas -- to uncover...