Project 2501
11-02-2011, 09:52 AM
This is about how crowd sourcing can become the future for employment. But it will need to grow up for it to happen and not be not be thought of as only a source of cheap labor.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_long_march_from_crowdsourcing_to_a_global_meri .php
The Long March from Crowdsourcing to a Global Meritocracy
Bruno Haid
November 1, 2011 10:30 AM
Currently the not perfectly labelled crowdsourcing is associated with the negative touch of cheap designer specwork and lowest possible labour costs. Despite even that working very well commercially, the real potential will show itself in the next iterations of this trend:
The reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_the_Firm)we have company structures and processes, and by now organizations that are being deemed not only too big to fail but also too big to run, is that it was the most efficient way since the industrial revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process#Adam_Smith). Hiring, training and retaining employees for the assembly line is certainly more effective than trying to build cars with different people each day.
But the web, just like with the music industry, accounting and even your x-ray exams, could do something remarkable to white collar work itself: Making it portable. And turn the whole system upside down. It's now way less complex to tell people who you are and what you need than to tell them what to do. There are tons of people out there who know exactly what they're doing in their respective field. Smart people who even understand your most complex needs.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_long_march_from_crowdsourcing_to_a_global_meri .php
The Long March from Crowdsourcing to a Global Meritocracy
Bruno Haid
November 1, 2011 10:30 AM
Currently the not perfectly labelled crowdsourcing is associated with the negative touch of cheap designer specwork and lowest possible labour costs. Despite even that working very well commercially, the real potential will show itself in the next iterations of this trend:
The reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_the_Firm)we have company structures and processes, and by now organizations that are being deemed not only too big to fail but also too big to run, is that it was the most efficient way since the industrial revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process#Adam_Smith). Hiring, training and retaining employees for the assembly line is certainly more effective than trying to build cars with different people each day.
But the web, just like with the music industry, accounting and even your x-ray exams, could do something remarkable to white collar work itself: Making it portable. And turn the whole system upside down. It's now way less complex to tell people who you are and what you need than to tell them what to do. There are tons of people out there who know exactly what they're doing in their respective field. Smart people who even understand your most complex needs.
.