Find Big Ideas with Large Groups [Introduction]

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SAFE SAFER TO FIND GREAT IDEASWITH CROWDS?SHAUN ABRAHAMSON@SHAUNABEHTTP://SLIDESHA.RE/YEZNDS

CROWDS CAN DELIVER GREATNESSLIKE THIS

AND THIS

AND THIS AND THISAND THIS

IT DOESN’THAVETO ENDTHIS WAY

OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE SHAPED BY (OLD)ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT TRANSACTION COSTS Ronald Coase “Given that production could be carried on without any organization that is, ﬁrms at all, why and under what conditions should we expect ﬁrms to emerge?” About 75 years ago

THE LAST TIME WE TEAMED UPTHINGS WENT WELL (BUT WE CAN DO BETTER) Alex F. Osborn (the O in BBDO) “When it comes to thinking, let’s try to act as if we were two people – at one time, a thinker upper, a producer of ideas; at another, a weigher of ideas” About 65 years ago

COMPLEX IDEASIMPLE PROCESS

110 YEARS BEFORE OUR ROBOT CAR SEARCHCHICAGO TIMES-HERALD CONTEST

SEARCH PATTERNS

LESS COMPLEX IDEAMUCH MORE COMPLEX PROCESS

MANY MORE CHEAP TRANSACTIONSLET US DO MORE TOGETHER

COLLABORATIVE PATTERNS

COMPLEX PROCESSES? LARGECOMMUNITIES? WE’VE SEEN THIS BEFORE Elinor Ostrom “Complexity is not the same as chaos” About 3 years ago

WHEN YOU WORK WITH 1000 PEOPLEHOW DO YOU SEE WHO IS DOING THE WORK? Aaron Swartz “…insiders account for the vast majority of edits. But it’s the outsiders who provide nearly all of the content.” About 6 years ago Commenting on his analysis of who creates Wikipedia.

MORE COMPLEXEVALUATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS Sources: klout.com, quirky.com

THE EXPERTS. OUR FIRST CHOICEBUT THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO TAKE OUR CALLS

VOTING HOLDS PROMISEBUT IT HAS LIMITATIONS TOO

MORE COMPLEXDECISION MODELS

ITSCOMPLICATEDBUTIT DOESN’T HAVE TO END THIS WAY

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT SAFE SAFER TO FIND GREAT IDEAS WITH CROWDS? @SHAUNABE HTTP://SLIDESHA.RE/YEZNDS

Find Big Ideas with Large Groups [Introduction]

by Shaun Abrahamson on Feb 19, 2013

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