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Now Launching: Power of the Crowd Podcast
The Power of the Crowd podcast, brought to you by Global Crowd, is now live!
Deirdre Sheridan
The Makings of Salt
Salt has been used to preserve food and season meals for centuries. Once a highly valuable commodity, salt is now an everyday seasoning and a permanent fixture of most dinner tables around the world.
Jake Edmiston
Marine Plastics: Our Reality
Our Reality: Distracted Driving
Have you ever sent a text while driving?
Key Steps to Creating an Innovation Mindset
Think outside the box. It's more than just a business cliche! Take the time to learn, and especially outside your current mindset--learn about a different industry, study another language, even read up about a religion other than yours to learn new ways of looking at the world around you. When faced with a task, try working backwards, or think about how you would explain the task to someone else. Have new ideas struck yet?
Our Reality: Climate Change
Earlier this year, XPRIZE teamed up with the world’s second richest person, Elon Musk, to create the largest incentive prize in history in an attempt to combat humanities greatest and most pressing concern – climate change.
The 3 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company
Lots of companies will say they're innovative, but are they just talking the talk?
Our Reality: Sanitation
Living without a toilet is a lot more common than you think! Around 2 billion people worldwide do not have consistent access to even basic sanitation facilities. Even those who do have access to toilets and latrines may live in an area where wastewater is not properly treated. Urban and rural areas alike are affected by this problem!
Our Reality: Covid-19 and Relationships
For many, the pandemic changed the dynamics in our relationships, especially for couples who had to work from home for the first time. Social distancing restrictions kept us further away from friends and coworkers, but closer to family and partners. What does this mean for the future of love?
Our Reality: Public Transport
Interior of underground train with passengers riding, some seated, some standing Public transportation is an essential service around the world - in Great Britain alone, approximately 8.3 billion passenger journeys are completed on public transport every year. Public transport can help make cities more accessible, reduce carbon emissions, and help to strengthen local economies.
The School of Good Ideas #6: Lateral and Linear Thinking
Do you know the difference between lateral and linear thinking?
Celebrating World Oceans Day!
Human-kind has always been fascinated and awe-inspired by the mysteriousness and idiosyncrasy of the ocean. From the times of Moby Dick and Jacques Cousteau’s ‘The Silent World’ to Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ and cinematic David Attenborough documentaries, we have always been mesmerised by the weird and wonderful underwater realm with which we share planet Earth. For World Oceans Day 2021, Global Crowd is celebrating the importance of the global ocean and the innovative technologies which are helping preserve marine biological diversity and promote sustainable resource-use.
Our Reality: Stronger Democracy
49% of young people in America express concern that they do not know enough about social issues to get involved in a campaign.
The School of Good Ideas #5: Submissions
So you've found a great open innovation challenge and you have an amazing idea. But how do you make sure your submission is the strongest it can be?
Reasons to Be a Solver: As a Hobby
On Global Crowd we are proud to be publishing our #ReasonsToBeASolver series! Across a series of blog posts, we are investigating the best reasons to become a Solver and put your mind to work in a challenge. Whether you're already an experienced Solver or just thinking about getting involved in innovation, this series will be full of advice and helpful hints!
The School of Good Ideas: Lesson #4
Have you ever used an idea notebook?
Our Reality: Sustainable Fishing
Have you seen the new Netflix documentary Seaspiracy? It's attracted a lot of attention lately!
Reasons to Be a Solver: Boost Your Confidence
Reason to Be a Solver: Put Your Ideas Into the World
School of Good Ideas: Lesson #3
It's time for the next #SchoolOfGoodIdeas! Today we'll be giving you our best tips for keeping your mind active. When you're sluggish, tired, or not feeling your best, it's hard to stay inspired. In order to be a #GlobalSolver, you have to be prepared for good ideas whenever they might strike. Here are our best ideas for keeping your mind sharp and ready for your next great idea:
Innovation Challenges in the Workplace
1. Define your innovation goals
Why Challenges Fail
Do you know why challenges fail? Innovation challenges are run across a variety of sectors, from large global-scale challenges like Bounce Back Challenges or smaller-scale open innovation competitions held in communities or companies. But not every challenge will be successful--challenge organisers can be frustrated by a lack of strong entries or by low engagement from solvers.
Reasons to Be a Solver: Contribute to a Better World
The School of Good Ideas: Lesson #2
Many good ideas arise from something pre-existing; the technology has been created, but there are opportunities for new applications or the technology does not yet exist. The observation of problems can be found in everyday life. Let's start thinking about how the things we do every day can be done better. Here are our best 7 tips for identifying your best ideas and opportunities!
Daniela Valenzuela
Our Reality: Bounce Back
COVID-19 has had severe impacts on our economy and society.
Our Reality: Antibiotic Resistance
What do you know about antibiotic resistance?
The School of Good Ideas: Lesson #1
Time for the #TheSchoolOfGoodIdeas!
Reasons to Be a Solver: Build Skills
On Global Crowd we are proud to be launching our #ReasonsToBeASolver series! Across a series of blog posts, we will investigate the best reasons to become a Solver and put your mind to work in a challenge. Whether you're already an experienced Solver or just thinking about getting involved in innovation, this series will be full of advice and helpful hints!
Our Reality: Malaria Prevention in Kenya
For many, a mosquito bite can just be a pesky annoyance and a side effect of a summer BBQ. But in many places, mosquito bites can be deadly--carrying mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. This #WorldMalariaDay, we want to talk not only about the issue of this disease, but what can be done to stop it.
Introducing Global Crowd
We decided to create Global Crowd, a collective platform to showcase innovation challenge across a wide range of industries. The challenges we feature operate on a worldwide scale and feature seekers looking for simple ideas all the way to complex functioning projects. Innovation challenges, prizes, and competitions are an incredible opportunity for companies to draw on knowledge from a collective crowd and pursue new ideas. But the benefits of these programmes are often overlooked in terms of the innovators themselves. When an organisation releases an innovation challenge, it opens up and shares with the public an important problem. This information can be very useful in itself, as it allows innovators to develop propositions, solutions, technology, and research that is relevant and necessary. These developments can be like a window into the future — the next world leader of innovation could be among our ranks.
