Businesses have turned to unlimited outside thinking to inject new life into their organizations, create new products, and solve specific problems. Goldcorp, an international gold-mining company, solicited the input of outsiders through an open contest to discover the most likely concentration of gold at certain locations. The Internet responses provided more input than company expertise could by itself and the company escaped collapse. There are challenges, but properly done, crowdsourcing could enlarge the talent pool of any organization. The Intelligence Community in particular could find this industry best practice presenting more options to the Nation’s policymakers. Such a capacity is vital in an era when growing complexity raises ever more questions the Intelligence Community will be called on to answer. |