There is a movement happening towards better use of the “crowd” for sourcing opinions, ideas, and even work products. What is the “crowd” movement and how will we as talented professionals prepare and leverage their power to improve our businesses?

Answer…In 2015, the ELE will initiate a focus on CROWDSOURCING - Human Capital Business Problems. To get started we plan to incorporate crowdsourcing and crowdstorming, this highly interactive session engaged CLLC2014 participants to collaborate and generate ideas around the What Makes a Great Training Organization? paradigm. Participants’ creativity will be focused on answering compelling questions that explore eight key process capabilities including alignment, development, delivery, metrics, and many more.

To help guide the discussion, our facilitators explored timely focus areas including the following eight key process capabilities presented in What Makes a Great Training Organization?, a Pearson Publication...

• Strategic alignment—Ability to design learning programs that align with business objectives.
• Content development—Assessment, design, management, and maintenance of content.
• Delivery—Ability to manage an instructor network and deliver training using multiple modalities.
• Diagnostics—Ability to identify causes of problems and make recommendations.
• Reporting and analysis—Ability to define business metrics and report data to make improvements.
• Technology integration—Ability to integrate learning technologies with other learning technologies or other corporate applications.
• Administrative services— Ability to manage scheduling, registration, technology, and other back office support functions.
• Portfolio management—Ability to manage, rationalize, and maintain large portfolios of learning solutions.

The ideas generated in the session will be organized and placed in the member’s only section of the Executive Learning Exchange website for use by all members. In addition, the ideas will be used to direct the design of next year’s Chicagoland Learning Leaders “What Makes a Great Training Organization?“ 2015 conference.

ELE Enterprise Members are invited to submit the following preliminary input to shape the 2015 ELE direction:

• What Human Capital Business Problems topics would you like us to consider crowdstorming?
• Volunteer as a crowdstorming leader to help organize the smart mob to deliver tools & techniques for our community.
• Identify crowdsourcing platforms for us to collaborate both virtually and in-person at ELE 2015 events.

 

What is “crowdsourcing?” Crowdsourcing refers to a process of tapping into external sources for opinions, answers, or even work products in regards to a company's products or services. The term "crowdsourcing" is a portmanteau of "crowd" and "outsourcing". When managing talent, think about the endless possibilities of what crowdsourcing could mean to what we now know as the “workforce.”

What is “crowdstorming?” Crowdstorming--the intersection of crowdsourcing and brainstorming. Crowdstorming is aimed more towards a collaborative effort, encompassing everything that is important about working with others to reach a greater goal. Think about possible opportunities for managing innovation initiatives at your workplace using crowdstorming.

Here’s a 3-minute video vignette on What is Crowdsourcing?Enjoy!