changingwinds.wordpress.c...New framework for smarter crowdsourcing
Originally posted on The Horizons Tracker. Crowdsourcing has been one of the most popular forms of open innovation ever since James Surowiecki popularized the notion in his bestseller The Wisdom of Crowds in 2004. The ability to tap into a global talent pool, and only pay for results, has proven enticing for many, and data suggests that it’s the most common form of open innovation today, with platforms such as Innocentive growing...
Bridging the knowledge-behaviour gap in the communication of policies during COVID-19 and other emergencies
Management and communications researchers have argued that inefficiencies in communication, especially in emergency and crisis situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can cause and intensify the knowledge-behaviour...
Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand
Cath Ferguson, Edith Cowan University; Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University, and Stephen Winn, Edith Cowan University Almost half of Australian adults struggle with reading. Similar levels of struggling...
The high failure rate of behavioral nudges
Originally posted on The Horizons Tracker. This article is part of a series critiquing nudge theory. The last few years have seen behavioural economics become hugely fashionable, with the famed “nudge unit” in the UK government delivering a wide range of successful behavioural interventions to help us act in the right way. It creates the impression of an almost failsafe method of delivering change, but new research1 from Queen...
Iterative and collaborative social learning through the Reverse Bloom Learning Framework (RBLF)
Bloom’s taxonomy1 is a set of three hierarchical models used to classify educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity. The three models list learning objectives in the cognitive,...
Would we do better choosing leaders at random?
Originally posted on The Horizons Tracker. Last year Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic published his provocative title highlighting the general inadequacies of our leadership selection processes. His general missive was that our recruitment systems are geared towards promoting incompetent men to leadership roles. It’s a theory supported by new research1 from the University of Zurich, which suggests that we might as well pick leaders...
Tacit knowledge transfer is hampered by COVID-19 work from home. What are the potential solutions?
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees have been required to work from home (WFH) as much as possible. They then communicate with each other, managers, subordinates, clients, and stakeholders through the use of...