In this new era of rapid and complex change, many believe it will be our ability to harness collective intelligence that will determine how successful we are as communities, organisations and a species.

An advanced preview of Mindhive thought leader Bob Dick's 'Rethinking Leadership' eBook.

There is no shortage of literature on how to embed a culture of collaboration into your team or organisation. Yet many organisations struggle to sustain effective collaboration. Why? Because we invest more in the tools for collaboration than in the development of the human skills required to support it.

For crowdsourcing to fulfil its potential, we need to go beyond idea management to build a global insight community, through which we become collectively more insightful.

First up, what is crowdsourced delivery? Crowdsourced delivery is using crowdsourcing methodology to direct tasks to individuals on an open platform, or in other words outsourcing your jobs and services to the crowd.