In my former life working for a healthcare information technology company, I made a pitch with a friend to a few c-suite execs to institute something like this. A community generated innovation exchange. Actually, that’s what it was called if I remember correctly. I’ll look for the document sometime to double check.
I have an ingrained belief that the idea was early for its time. Maybe that’s just me being overly optimistic about my own pet project, but open innovation architectures go a very long way in procuring clients, retaining them, and sending messages to them that a company is listening to their needs. Many times in high technology industries or the field of innovation, client demands may trump the abilities of the content/application provider to provide certain functionality. That’s okay, but at least it’s out there.
Let’s say I am a client of a skateboard manufacturer and I want a hoverboard, it should be perfectly okay for me to say I want one and let you know that I’d be willing to BUY one if you made one. You can listen, or you don’t have to. At least, you listen, and that makes me feel better.
Today, Intel released a site to solicit software ideas from users. It just started, so it’s currently a bit lame–only Intel posters– but I’ll check back at the end of the week to see if there’s any more stuff on it.
Crowdsourced idea exchanges:
- Intel “cool” software — Wow, change the name, will you??
- Dell IdeaStorm
- Why Not? idea exchange
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