... article as it addresses factors like intrinsic and extrinsic forms of motivation. InnoCentive uses both forms of open innovation in different environments. Their 'marketplace' model is ... reason for using this model is that the intellectual property needs to be protected. This is in contrast to InnoCentive's @Work product which is used to broadcast challenges internally to employees. ...

... solvers aren’t participating for the cash, says Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive. “Our solvers tell us they do it because they think they can make a difference, and they enjoy the challenge of applying ... challenger upon being named a winner. So far, many of the challenges have been scientific in nature, but InnoCentive’s client base is quickly expanding into other disciplines. ...

... ;t nail it down up front. Set the direction and the outcome.      Innocentive - open source problem solving for problems that stump the home organization              Question credentialism. Innocentive lets anyone, regardless of credentials look at this.      Build communities that people want to join   ...

... (www.yourencore.com) Helps companies accelerate  innovation by connecting them with a network of retired and veteran scientists and engineers to leverage their expertise and experiences. InnoCentive (www.innocentive.com) Taps global community of scientists to take financial risk and provide solutions to specific R&D challenges NineSigma (www ninesigma com) Distributes broad yet ...

... share, vet, improve, and co-develop ideas for improving giving and nonprofits right out in the open? An Innocentive-esque site or wiki or whatever? Sort of like an ongoing Great American Hack-a-Thon for Good. ... , and other issues in philanthropy. Tags: philanthropy, @philanthropy, @robreich, cityvisionsradio, kickstarter, innocentive, impactinvestingindex, #philpo, hackathon, @sunlightlabs, #GAH09

... on the post below about using networked intelligence to solve complex problems. Our Chief Academic Officer, Vikas Sukhatme, told me about two websites based on this concept. One is called Innocentive and the other is called Topcoder, the first for inventions of a general nature, the second for software solutions. The idea of formally using the wisdom of the crowd, stimulated by prize money, to ...

... all of its incarnations. Clearly other R&D driven organizations like P&G have embraced a combined internal and external model successfully. 3M could start by partnering with Innocentive and grow its trusted networks, then move more gradually to an "Ideastorm" model for consumer products. Product/Technology focused: The majority of the innovations we discussed were technical ...

... the results, but I do not see them online yet. I'll update this post once I either find them, or they are posted. However, Susan kicked off her interactive session by showcasing Innocentive. Yep, another great site to check out with an interesting factoid: 50% of the problems solved on the site are by those outside of the sphere of the business posing the challenge. Quick Hit - Gerry ...

... ; 2:32 The Tween Bot 4:14 Crowdsourcing “The Future of the Internet” 7:36 A tour of the Ubiquitous Human Computing pyramid 8:37 Example 1: The X-Prize 10:24 Example 2: Innocentive 12:08 Example 3: LiveOps 15:43 Example 4: SamaSource 16:16 Example 5: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk 20:13 Example 6: The ESP Game 22:47 Example 7: Human Computing for Electronic Design Automation ...