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I had the opportunity this past Monday to write a guest post for Chaordix (@chaordix), a highly-innovative crowdsourcing firm with some great people I’ve had the pleasure of communicating with, including @clintonbon @shelleykuipers and @superblue. In the article, I explored the idea of organizational crowdsourcing. An interesting comments discussion also emerged on the incentive structure of this model, specifically in corporate vs non-profit organizations and varying community sizes.

You can find the original guest post here. What are your thoughts about this idea, including the incentives we discussed in the comments on the Chaordix blog?

I hope you enjoy it.

During one of my many Southwest flights commuting up and down the east coast, I came across this article in Spirit, the in-flight magazine. Before you pass judgement, I’d like to state for the record that the magazine’s really pretty good. Plus, there’s not much else to do while I’m listening to the safety features for the hundredth time and waiting impatiently to turn on my laptop.

Anyway, there was an article about what Coca-Cola’s CEO Muhtar Kent does to get focused and stay on top of things as he watches over a company of over 92,000 employees in 200 countries. To manage his time and perspective, he spends an hour a day on some key tasks:

Like Benjamin Franklin, fellow crowdsourcer Mike Martoccia is always ready with a quick piece of advice. During one of our many discussions about business, future trends, crowds and anything else that fascinates us, he threw this out to ponder: