Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
U.S. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing
Ross | April 11th, 2010Last month, the U.S. Government adopted a new policy promoting government crowdsourcing initiatives at the national level. As part of that effort, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has launched a new website designed to crowdsource policy opinions focused on the manufacturing industry. It’s great to see the government follow-through on its [...]
How Are You Evolving?
Ross | March 18th, 2010On my way to speak at Microsoft’s MIX10 conference yesterday morning, I saw a group of six people sitting along a wall. Each of their t-shirts had a single letter printed on the back, and the letters spelled the word EVOLVE. I’ve been thinking the past two days about how I’m personally evolving, the ways [...]
U.S. Government Embraces Crowdsourcing
Ross | March 10th, 2010The White House has embraced crowdsourcing, urging federal agencies in a memo issued on March 8, 2010 to use challenges and prizes to crowdsource innovative approaches to governmental initiatives and programs. Within the next 120 days, the administration will release a web-based platform to manage the government’s crowdsourcing efforts. Some of you might recall that [...]
DIY fun through the centuries….
Mike | July 28th, 2008User innovation is a hot topic online and we pay close attention to it. We have always thought that the cS model was an incarnation of this type of open innovation and are proud to number ourselves among the open-source, mashup, DIY, and UGC crowds. People innovate. We can’t help ourselves – it is in [...]
Innovative Advertising – Adidas Football Statues
Ross | June 10th, 2008I was fortunate to be in the center of Milan, Italy (watching and then celebrating, with MANY Italians) on May 23, 2007 when AC Milan played Liverpool in the final of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League. As most of the world knows, the 2008 UEFA European Championships began this week (Italians were not as happy [...]
Innovative Design – British Currency
Ross | May 30th, 2008In March 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury unveiled the new five dollar bill. Featuring a purple Helvetica five, the new $5 USD bill was designed by a 147 year old government agency (U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing) which employes 2,500 people and has an annual budget of $525 million USD. The [...]
