Crowd Creativity

Developing original art, media or content through crowdsourcing creative designs, ideas or executions, and combining a number of them

Art of Possibilities Beyond Planet Earth

Art of Possibilities Beyond Planet Earth

This was the title of an impactful, mind-stretching panel session at CSW Europe 2016, held in Brussels 21-25 November. At its heart, what can we learn from issues dealing with space exploration that is transferable to improve life back on Earth? Karen Eng, a freelance...

Searching for the Crowdsourcing Stars

Searching for the Crowdsourcing Stars

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....

The Myth of the Lone Genius

A very interesting opinion piece on the NY Times by Joshua Wolf Shenk dwells on the myth of the lone genius. History has perennially celebrated lone geniuses like Einstein, Picasso, Shakespeare, King while barely acknowledging their creative partners and collaborators...

Group Brainstorming: 60 Years On

Group Brainstorming: 60 Years On

Creativity and innovation have become the buzzwords of the day. For instance, in the 2012 IBM CEO study, more than half of 1700 surveyed CEOs saw innovation as a key resource of sustained economic value. In the same study, 61% of CEOs reported creativity as being one...

Potential of Crowdsourcing in Advertising

One of the professional hazards of working in the Brand building industry is that, you’re extremely sensitive to advertising. The fact that it is all around and can range from anywhere between awesome to depraved is unsettling enough to push you off your rocker. The...