Gienow Windows and Doors tap into employee and customer smarts

Gienow Windows and Doors tap into employee and customer smarts

At Chaordix, we were pretty excited (to say the least) for the chance to work with our first Calgary-based customer! In December 2011, Gienow Windows and Doors invited Canadians passionate about renovations to participate in their “Gienow Pulse” community where participants engaged in innovative discussions around home renovations. This initial community which ran from December…

• By Brooke Campbell
continue reading
Crowdsourcing Moves to TV

Crowdsourcing Moves to TV

It is pretty neat to be involved with a community like E.ON Innovation because it’s a nationwide online community created to help generate fresh innovative ideas and help the UK save energy…how cool is that? But it actually gets even cooler…over the next 5 weeks, E.ON is launching five exciting challenges (powered by Chaordix) linked…

• By Brooke Campbell
continue reading

The Sun Shines – and Chicagoans Care

We’re just thrilled with the tremendous participation in the recently launched Chicago Sun Shine Project crowdsourcing campaign. In just a few short weeks it’s grown to over 12,000 participants with new participants joining on a daily basis.  This initiative is a fantastic demonstration of the power of crowdsourcing, as well as the appetite for passionate…

• By Brooke Campbell
continue reading

Can Open Innovation help the Environment?

I tuned in to the Gov 2.0 online conference put on by O’Reilly last Thursday. There were some great speakers, including David Eaves. David shared some of his 2.0 experiences and it really got me thinking about the impact of open innovation initiatives on different aspects of society – including those that focus on the…

• By Brooke Campbell
Employee Thoughts
continue reading