The World Economic Forum is the international, independent organisation behind the celebrated annual Davos event in Switzerland that under the attention of global media draws together 2,500 “business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global,...
We are in to the final three week countdown before our fifth CSW Global conference in Washington D.C running 24-28 October. And we are very excited, and honored, by the number of global thought-leaders and top practitioners from the international crowdsourcing sector...
Health care to high tech. Aerospace to automotive. Retailing to real estate. Energy to education. No matter what industry you operate in, you’re very likely impacted by disruption, whether it’s from new technologies, customer experiences, or even new business models....
Venture capital is growing enormously as a potential for exponential returns on investment. According to PitchBook, 2018 is on track to surpass $100 billion in deal value, an enormous achievement. Equity crowdfunding is a venture capital model disrupting the...
We live in a time of momentous changes. Yet there’s no doubt about it, most people are resistant to change. Change moves people out of a comfort zone of established performance norms and behaviors, and can change the balance of input and reward. In business we’ve all...
How do you represent the crowd? For millennia, there have been many techniques to figure out the majority needs. Picture people raising their hands at an event, or clapping to choose the best choice, or submitting tiny pieces of paper to be tallied later. As we...
CSW Global 2018 is our international crowdsourcing and collaborative economy conference running October 24-28 in Washington D.C. With under six weeks to go until it starts there are four things you should definitely know about our five-day event. 1. Theme and Content...
Crowdsourcing is a new term, possibly coined in 2005 by Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson to describe how businesses were using the internet to outsource work to the crowd. In reality, crowdsourcing has been around for thousands of years. In fact, our democratic system of...
All too often, the biggest challenges require the most radical solutions and innovations. Yet most companies don’t recruit on the basis of candidates being radical, they tend to prefer reliability and consistency. Add in the adoption of an institutional mindset among...
The Bitcoin price is ballooning again, but this time we’re all a little hesitant to get excited. After so many price pumps quickly followed by price dumps, it’s hard to know if the price will continue going upward this time. All cryptocurrencies have been as volatile...
We’ve had one of the oldest crowdsourcing examples right under our nose. We vote every single day, whether it is an election of our next world leader, a response to “What do we want to eat?” at the family dinner table, or among a circle of tribesman vocalizing our...
Our Young Achiever Program 2018 aims to uncover a next wave of 25 exceptional movers, shakers and change-makers aged under 25 who are working or studying in the crowdsourcing sector. And who are already making an impact. We will invite them to our CSW Global 2018...