Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation

Another term that tends to be identified with crowdsourcing is Open Innovation. As I did with Collective Intelligence, in this post I try to clarify the relationship between crowdsourcing and Open Innovation. Are both the same? … Sigue leyendo

About rewards and motivation (Lessons learned I)

The realization of the crowdsourcing initiative I’ve launched, apart from allowing me to finish my thesis, is also allowing me to learn many things about the real application of crowdsourcing. Here I comment some thoughts about the rewards offered and the motivation of the users. Sigue leyendo

Crowdsourcing and Collective Intelligence

As I said on other posts, crowdsourcing is related and feeds from a group of terms such as Open Innovation, Collective Intelligence or Co-Creation. In this post I’m going to clarify the relationship between collective intelligence and crowdsourcing. Sigue leyendo

Types of crowdsourcing initiatives

In the current literature there are different typologies of crowdsourcing initiatives based on different criteria. Howe, Brabham and others propose their own. In this post I discuss the integrated typology I have developed and published with my PhD supervisor. Sigue leyendo

My first crowdsourcing initiative


After much study, it is time to put everything I’ve learned into practice. Here I explain the first initiative of crowdsourcing that I’ve designed and I’m carrying out in a SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) from Valencia, Spain. Sigue leyendo