TechNewsWorld raves about the “Beautiful Minds” of InnoCentive Solvers
If you haven’t seen this article yet, go check it out - Prize Power: How Competition Inspires Tech Innovation. This is a fantastic piece on how the work of Solvers leads to world-changing innovation. This one is for you, Solvers!
Tags: John Davis, Solvers, TechNewsWorld
August 12th, 2008 at 4:12 am
I think she sums it up really well : “These people … love the hunt. They sometimes can connect dots that many people can’t,” Spradlin said. “They care about a lot more than just the money. They want to be part of a community, and they want to do stuff that matters.” 25 years in corporate life has taught me that the economics (of time telling instead of clock-building) of enterprises are often counter-productive to human endeavour to do something of their own calling. Blinded by current business models organizations are often unable to see the value of such ideators or solvers (exceptions alays prove the rule). There’s been an interesting discussion on Trust and my take is that who would you trust more .. a colleague from your own company or someone out there who has been been rated and ratified by the community and is willing to put his/her reputation at stake for solving your problem / challenge. These are learning times for all of us and as our ecosystems mature so will our confidence that “beautiful minds” exist everywhere.