Tag Archives: crowdsourcing
Weekly bits of interest – 7 November 2011
And we’re back with a bumper weekly bits of interest post. Recent developments and articles of interest: “Can you get things done without making people hate you?” is a post on some psychology research looking at the assertiveness “sweet spot”. “So the tacit belief that you get the best results in business […]
Weekly bits of interest – 4 July 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: The UK’s DotGovLabs Innovation Hub is now open to the public. This crowdsourcing platform aims to nurture digital innovation from outside government and inpire action around particular challenges. The platform is described further in an article about the site. Hutch Carpenter looks at the […]
Weekly bits of interest – 2 May 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last two weeks: In this piece Klaus-Peter Speidel gives some tips on how to do intelligent crowd-sourcing of ideas. “There is no intelligent crowd per se. Different problems and needs call for different crowds. Rather than trying to engage as many people as possible, […]
Weekly bits of interest – 21 February 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: In this post, Tim Kastelle from University of Queensland advises organisations to be careful about looking to tools to solve their innovation problems. ”Tools don’t solve problems, people do: this is why innovation is still people-centric. It’s more important to remove obstacles to […]
Weekly bits of interest – 14 February 2011
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: In this post, Tim Kastelle from University of Queensland argues that experimentation rather than benchmarking is the key to introducing innovation. ”The problem with benchmarking is the basic assumption that a particular tool or process will function in the same way in your firm as […]
Weekly bits of interest – 6 December 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the past week: The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) have released a Gov 2.0 Primer. The Primer describes common scenarios when agencies can use Government 2.0 approaches and an overview of common interactive online tools such as blogs and wikis. The innovation expert […]
Weekly bits of interest – 28 September 2010
Developments and articles of interest from the last week: Rosabeth Moss Kanter writes about five attributes that can be key for getting ideas off the ground, including teaming up and not giving up. Drew Boyd writes that a recent study has demonstrated that forecasting and simulation can greatly enhance the innovation […]
Weekly bits of interest – 12 July 2010
Some interesting articles from the past week: In this post Dr Tim Kastelle from the University of Queensland looks at the need for organisations to concentrate on an overall innovation system, rather than just a single solution. “Don’t look for the silver bullet, one-size-fits-all solution to create innovation within your […]