May 28, 2009

_CROWD SOURCING

Tags: crowd sourcing, energy, ideas, InnoCentive, issues, nerds

Finally, a Contest that Means Something

InnoCentive, a company that taps the world’s population for answers to specific problems, has thrived on what is being known as “crowd sourcing.” Crowd sourcing is asking a crowd (in this case the world) as question, and then reaping the benefits from the best answers. Averaging about one problem per business day, the results have solved issues from a solar approach to mosquito management to transportation efficiency. There are financial benefits to being the best nerd in the room too, proving that all good ideas are not free.

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_WHY CHANGE OR DIE™

Would you break a habit, alter a routine or adjust your behavior if your very survival depended upon it? Of course you would, right?

Wrong.

In fact, the odds are nine to one you won’t. It’s been scientifically proven that 9 out of 10 people faced with the choice of either changing or dying will choose to die*.

To the 10% who make the world a better place by changing the status quo, this blog is dedicated to you. To those in the other 90% who aspire to be positive agents of change, we hope you find your inspiration here.

Change or Die.