Innovation Archives - Crowdsourcing Week Blog

Prize Competitions Part 2: Success is in the Design

by Christopher Frangione | May 23, 2019 |

This is the second part in our three-part blog series on prize competitions, or prize challenges as some people prefer to call them. In Part 1 we shared the power of prize competitions as a means to generate open innovation...

Prize Competitions, Part 1: The Power of Prize Competitions to Accelerate R&D

by Christopher Frangione | May 16, 2019 |

This is the first part in a three-part blog series on using prize competitions, also called prize challenges. In this Part 1 we share the power and benefits of prize competitions. In Part 2 we will help you understand what makes...

5 Simple Questions To Ask Your Crowdsourcing Platform

by Michael Dehoyos | May 1, 2019 |

Crowdsourcing is a great way for an organization to generate external input, particularly when it faces a new challenge. Benfits include tapping in to specific areas of interest or expertise that don’t exist within your...

Crowdsourcing is Unlocking Billions of Dollars in Primary Industry

by Holly Bridgwater | Apr 2, 2019 |

Crowdsourcing and open innovation are staring to be recognised within primary industry as effective ways to validate concepts at low risk, solve complex challenges, find new innovative suppliers and automate work. As a...

Being Bold in Crowdsourcing

by Damon Brown | Mar 14, 2019 |

It’s easy to forget that the Internet was once all open. Rather, the Internet has been in a continuous cycle of highly-structured portals and free-flowing information. The initial platforms, like BBS boards, gave way to walled...

Searching for the Boldest Citizen Scientist

by Shay Hershkovitz | Jan 22, 2019 |

For centuries, science has been the pursuit of amateur, self-funded and self-motivated scientists: Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin and Thomas Edison – to name just a few. However, in the first half of the...

Sourceability to Surcle: from supplying electronic components to crowdsourcing innovation

by Clive Reffell | Nov 14, 2018 |

Since May 2015, Sourceability has been providing electronic component supply chain solutions on a global basis, with a network of offices based around three global distribution centers in Miami, Hong Kong and Singapore....

Global Crowdsourcing Leaders Will Shake Washington D.C.

by Clive Reffell | Oct 23, 2018 |

We are delighted and honored to invite to our stage over 60 truly stellar international thought-leaders and top practitioners in the crowdsourcing sector at the CSW Global 2018 conference in Washington D.C. this week. They will...

What Is Your Personal Moonshot?

by Clive Reffell | Oct 11, 2018 |

The LinkedIn profile of billionaire entrepreneur Naveen Jain lists 10 active roles. He is driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges through innovation, and is the founder of several successful companies including Moon...

Great Ideas Can Come From Anyone, Anywhere, at Any Time

by Clive Reffell | Sep 28, 2018 |

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...