Crowdsourcing Innovation: Changing the world one idea at a time | Rob Wilmot | TEDxKraków

Rob Wilmot believes that someone out there, in your community, already has a brilliant idea that would make all the difference to your organisation. In this talk, he shares his tips for how to go about finding it.
Rob is a seasoned entrepreneur, who became one of the youngest executive officers of a FTSE 100 company at the age of 29. Since then, he has continued to create and invest in numerous technology startups and dedicate himself to the improvement of society through his work in government and the third sector. He has 10 years experience of introducing entrepreneurial principles into local and national government. His latest venture is Crowdicity, a cloud based idea management platform, which is driving innovation into the heart of large corporates, municipal authorities and government agencies around the world, one idea at a time.
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[@markcolquhoun6580]

Very thought provoking talk. Makes a lot of sense.

[@TimothyHughes]

Great talk Rob!

[@RobWilmot]

Thanks Timothy!

[@doudou6542]

He was proud of his first job "killing chickens", what a hero!

[@RobWilmot]

Hi Bachir. My family was living in poverty. Working in a chicken processing plant was the only work available. The work was brutal and I was initially traumatised when I was put to work in the killing bay but tried to find some pride in my work. I tried to maintain a semblance of humanity by recommending a method of making the death of the chickens less traumatic for them. The management didn't listen. Six months later I was able to find another job. But is stuck with me that we should always be open to new ideas.

[@doudou6542]

@@RobWilmot Thank you Mr Rob for the answer, now it makes sense. I wish you all the best.

[@rajanipriya1463]

I have some ideas which r be useful for today's society ,so to whom should I send my ideas?

[@himeka07]

wwooah I'm surprised this is 4 years ago. this idea is great. I think the idea was too early. but it might work better these days.

[@RobWilmot]

You are right. Back then this wall all a bit cutting edge, but I'm pleased to say it's a mainstream way of innovating now. And there's a new phrase associated with it: Collective Intelligence.

[@ccam7655]

Great talk my dad is Rick butler u may know him

[@RobWilmot]

Thanks, Cam. Lovely to hear from you! Yes, I know your dad. In fact, the memory of collaborating with him in building and inventing imaginary worlds with LEGO in his back garden was a small but important part of what inspired me to start up the software company Crowdicity. The concept of the democratisation of innovation (playing together to come up with useful ideas) is at the heart of this software and was the inspiration for this talk. Your dad is very cool (cool being a word that I hope translates across the generations).

[@emmetlyons5299]

Is there anybody there?

[@misatoshi07mohammed20]

I'm here

[@emmetlyons5299]

@@misatoshi07mohammed20 oh, that's a relief. I thought I was on my own there for a moment :)