Presentation of the EFSA's second scientific conference, held on 14-16 October 2015 in Milan, Italy. OPEN RISK ASSESSMENT: METHODS AND EXPERTISE

1. USER MOTIVATION AND
KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN
IDEA CROWDSOURCING
D.Sc. Miia Kosonen
Mikkeli University of Applied
Sciences, Finland

2. There is nothing new in crowd wisdom itself –
just in the way we are now able to connect
with each other and engage in knowledge-
Photo by James Cridland,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810

3. Crowd wisdom flourishes, when
• there’s a large enough mass of people to
solve the problem
• people have the basic knowledge needed
to discuss the problem
• people have the opportunity to work
independently around the problem.

4. OWN
PLATFORM
Contest
Event
Community
INTERMEDIAR
Y
Dell IdeaStorm
Nokia
IdeasProject
GrabCAD
IBM Innovation
Jam
Kickstarter
Innopinion
InnoCentive
SAPiens
Bombardier
YouRail

5. Idea crowdsourcing = designing a
certain problem or task to an
undefined, large group of people in
order to solicit their creative input
for solving the problem or
improving the situation.

6. For people who actively
participate in sharing and
discussing ideas openly,
crowdsourcing often
represents exploration and
human empowerment.
For people who decide to
withdraw from sharing and
discussing ideas openly,
crowdsourcing often
WHAT’S YOUR ATTITUDE?

7. Our study at LUT
What types of
benefits do
voluntary users
expect? What
motivates them?

8. • ”Build it and customers will come”
(Nambisan and Baron, 2009; Füller et al.,
2008)
• Any chosen media, tool or platform is not
applied for it’s own sake, but users expect
some kind of benefit
• Personal integrative benefits
• Social integrative benefits
Uses and Gratifications
approach

9. Context of the study
IdeasProject = open
innovation and
brainstorming
community dedicated
to harvesting ideas,
hosted by Nokia, 2011-
2013
Idea crowdsourcing
around mobile lifestyle
and products
Source: https://pixabay.com/fi/nokia-
matkapuhelin-mobil-puhelin-157336/

10. Result 1: Social integrative
benefits
The most important
motivator/benefit is belonging
to a valued community.

11. Result 2: Learning benefits
Allow mutual support and
knowledge processing, not just
”submitting” ideas once.

12. Implications for practice
Users significantly value
interaction with the hosting
organization.
Resourcing, Reworking,
Recognition: identify your
valuable contributors and
highlight their achievements.

13. Thank you!
miia.kosonen@x
amk.fi