It appears to me that Prediction Markets are the most overlooked and underappreciated Enterprise 2.0 technology. The underlying idea is that there is a class of problems that can be best solved by collecting information from disparate sources. Creating a marketplace for this activity provides incentive for people to gather and share. These are a bit [...]
Part two of my thoughts on the Innovation Marketplace based on my visit to the Front End of Innovation Conference… Please read part one here. Despite the importance of innovation to most companies (and nations), the innovation market suffers maturity and clarity challenges. Innovation is not a new marketplace, but it has many rough edges. [...]
Attending much of the Front End Innovation 2009 conference this week left me with some mixed feelings about the state of the Innovation marketplace. I’ll share my thoughts in two blog posts. First, the lens through which I observe this market: I was introduced to Idea Management and Innovation processes when I worked at the Center [...]