Crowdsourcing Innovation News & Resources | HeroX

How do you manage intellectual property; how much of the asset is shared, or controlled? A strong intellectual property strategy coupled with a well-managed and structured crowdsourcing project will mitigate the risk and attract more positive collaboration.

For any organization, being part of the innovation ecosystem implies the ability to work with a wide range of partners, including customers, suppliers, academic institutions, startups, and government agencies. More and more often, it also implies working with the organization’s competitors.

Ideas are no longer the precious commodities of experts, researchers, and PhDs. Open innovation has leveled the playing field by opening up the channels for breakthrough ideas and the exchange of knowledge and proprietary assets.

In light of recent events, you may find yourself adjusting to a temporary new way of life. As more companies shut down their offices for preventative measures, Work-from-Home (WFH) is quickly becoming the new normal. For some, this is uncharted territory but for us at HeroX, it’s all we know.

Crowdsourcing has gained impressive traction as a corporate tool over the last decade - and not just a tool just for big organizations but also SMEs.

See 5 examples of crowdsourcing projects NASA has run either on or outside of the HeroX platform to solve their most interesting problems.

Left unchecked, online content has the power to create and destroy. What is the origin of the problem? Can we develop solutions to solve it? HeroX leverages the power of the crowd to solve big challenges and is turning to experts like Jesse McCrosky to turn up the volume on important topics.

Two of the world’s leading crowdsourcing experts, Ideanco and HeroX, have joined forces to solve prominent challenges affecting humanity. This strategic partnership will not only provide solutions for global challenges but will seed startup companies from within the Ideanco Lab.

Who: Georgia Mihalcea - What: Host & Producer at "We Are Solvers" - Hero of: Patterns For Success (Culture Segment) - Where: Bucharest, Romania

AUDIO: The core of our business is to help everybody find their hero’s journey. The labor market is transforming, the race is on for everyone to find their true talent and an application for it. Have a listen to Christian Cotichini's Q&A session at Crowdsourcing Week 2019 talking about this subject.