Crowdsourcing Innovation News & Resources | HeroX

Learn about the differences between internal and open innovation—tapping into the wisdom of employees or members of the public—and when to use them together to quickly and effectively reach your organization's innovation goals

Research and development used to be something done in-house by highly-paid engineers and thinkers. But it’s not your grandfather’s world anymore. Technology, the internet, and a younger workforce have all influenced the evolution of business strategy. That’s where open innovation comes into play.

The purpose of 5 steps of problem-solving is not to create rigidity, rather it is to allow for a scope of creativity, which is hard to get to when your problem solving is muddled. Using these 5 steps as a guideline helps get our teams moving together cohesively in the right direction.

2020 was a year that brought some truly inspiring innovation conferences, especially since the pandemic forced innovation for all the event organizers who had to pivot their events online. We rounded up the best of the best that have been announced so far for 2021.

Both Ideawake & HeroX aim to provide an open innovation platform to tap into subject matter experts and other innovative thinkers who think and work outside organizational lines. Ready to jumpstart their partnership, with HeroX providing the public outlet for diverse and innovative perspectives.

NASA’s Artemis Base Camp will be a permanent outpost at the lunar south pole supported by logistical delivery systems developed by citizen science space innovators as part of the NASA Lunar Delivery Challenge

Tune into this interview between Jeffrey Hayzlett, C-Suite Radio Host and HeroX CEO, Christian Cotichini to learn about why crowdsourcing is like a magnet, and why it’s critical to have a culture of innovation.

I’m really amused by how many people claim that their best creative ideas come to them in the shower. What is so special about the shower being a cradle of creative ideas?

Crowdsourcing has long been recognized as an effective tool for creating new and exciting consumer products. A growing body of evidence, however, indicates that this approach has a capacity of successfully addressing the most daunting challenges facing humanity.

It is common knowledge that large legacy companies are often inefficient in creating new products and services. This doesn’t mean, however, that they should not ever aspire to innovate like nimble startups.