Taking the problem to the individuals
I came across this very interesting talk by Clay Shirky. He raises questions about how organisations can be enablers instead of obstacles to ideas and innovation. The challenge for organisations is that, no matter how big they are, they can only employ a certain number of people - they only engage a small percentage of the total world population in helping them solve their problems.
Some organisations have done something very simple and very smart and have offered the opportunity to help them to anyone who is interested. Facebook is a good example. When they first started they did their own development. Now anyone in the world can submit their ideas and have them taken up, And Facebook doesn’t even have to pay them. Makes you think doesn’t it?
Sally
