I'm involved with a very cool project on nonprofit innovation through the Kellogg Action Lab. I'll be posting in the coming months on what our work produces so that as many people as possible can share and benefit from it.
Our rules are pretty straightforward. First, we want to build a set of innovation engines that are replicable, scalable and usable in a variety of environments.
Second, none of the ideas (or innovation engines) that come through our project will need attribution--they will be open source and free to everyone.
Third, we're going to use the best in crowdsourcing to generate more innovation. This, to us, means at the local organization, community and national level.
Fourth, we don't care where the ideas come from: from the nonprofit world, the business community, students, private citizens. It doesn't matter.
The problems nonprofits face are hard ones to solve, so we need as many neurons as possible on the job to come up with new ideas and new approaches.
In related information, take a look at this article from on Lessons from Nonprofits on Innovation, then spend some time reading this article on crowdsourcing high end solutions from Wired. The first makes me happy to see someone acknowledge the innovation in our field, and has some good rules for all of us to follow. The second is flat awesome, with LOTS of lessons on the wisdom of crowds.
Expect more on innovation here soon, and often.
1 comment:
There's a lot of innovation in the third sector but it's freqently overlooked - this is therefore a fantastic project. I look forward to seeing what comes out of this - and to taking part if possible
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