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Mapping Wild Cards

Inspired by: interviews » Rich sourcing work

version: 7 / updated: 2011-10-20
id: #1788 / version id: #1788
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Wild Card is

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang , Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, interviewed by MIoIR

Headline

(max. 9 words)

Rich sourcing work

Description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
One of the interesting things about this is it made possible by some of the same tools that make outsourcing and democratization of innovation work. The fact that you are a billionaire but you are using many of the fundamental technologies that enable large crowds of amateurs devoting small amounts of time to participate in science, rather than being one of a billion people you are one person with a billion dollars.

Keywords

social change, social innovation, politics, economy transformation

Likelihood

Closest timeframe for at least 50% likelihood
Please use one of the following options:
now-2025

Classification

Desirable

Importance

please specify:
please select
Level 2: important for a particular world region
Level 4: important for the whole world

Latent phase

Obstacles for early indentification

economic filters (business/market interests)
political filters (party or ideological interests)
social filters (class, status, education level)

Relevance for Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Coexistence and conflicts
Social cohesion and diversity
Work-Life balance and mental health
Economic prosperity/dynamics
Innovation dynamics

Relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
ICT - Information & communication technologies
Social Sciences and Humanities