Why would anyone give their intellectual capital to a company for open innovation?
Jack Dahlgren wrote a good post, Cisco I-Prize and Spigit – Innovation Competition. In it, he examines some of the dynamics surrounding the recent Cisco I-Prize, and open innovation contests in general. He raises a good question in this part of his post: If your organization is filled with people so steeped in the company [...]
Crowdsourcing for a Billion Dollar Business – Cisco I-Prize
Crowdsourcing continues to grow in popularity and importance across a number of industries. Tac Andersen, at the South by Southwest Interactive event in Austin, took in the buzz there, and notes that crowdsourcing is heating up. Digital strategy, marketing and design firm Last Exit called crowdsourcing a top digital marketing trend for 2010. With that [...]
Cisco’s I-Prize – the Next Wave of Open Innovation
Cisco has launched its second I-Prize global innovation contest, which is being powered by Spigit (disclosure: I work for Spigit). The I-Prize is a competition where entrepreneurs put forth their ideas for businesses related to one of the following: The future of work: solutions that will change the way companies and organizations do business The [...]
