Category Archives: Crowdsourcing

Putting the Cart Before the Horse: What We’re Getting Wrong About AI

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

The debate about artificial intelligence has become exhaustingly predictable. On one side, we have doomsayers who celebrate every misstep—a misdrawn map of Europe, a miscounted number of r’s in “blueberry”—as proof that AI is fundamentally flawed. The word “hallucination” has … Continue reading →

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The End of the Crowd? (Why AI Won’t Fully Replace Human Crowdsourcing — Yet)

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Eugene Ivanov

AI has already claimed its seat at the innovation table — and it didn’t even knock. It barged in, armed with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, reshaping how companies ideate, prototype, and solve problems.  With astonishing speed and minimal … Continue reading →

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Do You Know the Age of Your Child?

Posted on October 5, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer How often, when taking an over-the-counter drug, do you read the following note on the label? “Adults and children 12 years of age and over: one tablet; children under 12 … Continue reading →

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The Strength from Within

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

     This image was created with the help of Microsoft Design Thick dark clouds keep gathering over the concept of remote work. A 2021 article published in the journal of Nature Human Behavior took a look at what happened at Microsoft when the company had … Continue reading →

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How to Win a War

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. What do you need to win a war? A few things. First, an army equipped with modern weapons and instilled with high … Continue reading →

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Being an Expert: Traveling the Same Road Again and Again

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created by Tatiana Ivanov There are two major reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving tool. The first is a widespread, often completely paralyzing uncertainty over which problem crowdsourcing can (or can’t) solve. … Continue reading →

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12 Thoughts About Crowdsourcing

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has originally been posted on Medium. The following are twelve thoughts about crowdsourcing taken from my recently published book “We the People of the Crowd…” and summarizing my … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Boost Innovation through Diversity

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

Have you ever heard about Employment Nondiscrimination Acts (ENDAs)? I suppose not. An obscure and boring subject. And yet, you might be surprised to learn that ENDAs, the U.S. state-level laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual and gender identities, … Continue reading →

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The questions we ask

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

In my previous post, I argued that the proper definition of a problem is the most important part of any innovation initiative, in particular, crowdsourcing campaign. Inspired by the Pareto Principle, I call it the 80:20 rule of crowdsourcing: 80% … Continue reading →

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How to win a war

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Eugene Ivanov

What do you need to win a war? A few things. First, you need an army equipped with superior weapons and instilled with high spirits. Second, you need a vibrant economy capable of sustaining the hardship of continued military operations. … Continue reading →

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