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Crowdsourcing: Bringing Outside, In David C. Thompson @dcthmpsn

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Crowdsourcing:Bringing Outside, In

David C. Thompson@dcthmpsn

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http://www.netflixprize.com/

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http://fold.it/portal/

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http://www.kaggle.com/c/bioresponseDrug Discov. Today. 2013 May;18(9‐10):472‐8. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.01.002 

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796 players703 teams8841 entries55 forum topics, 409 postsDrug Discov. Today. 2013 May;18(9‐10):472‐8. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.01.002 

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https://www.kaggle.com/c/MerckActivity

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/24/science/scientists‐see‐advances‐in‐deep‐learning‐a‐part‐of‐artificial‐intelligence.html

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When doesn’t it work?• If the solution holders are accessible to you.• When the availability of a crowd of competent solvers is limited.• If you do not have an internal framework established to evaluate the 

solution(s).• If the suspected cost (money/time) of implementation of the solution(s) is 

too high.• If safeguards are not in place to prevent malicious or ill‐aligned 

participation from the crowd ‐ e.g. the submission of erroneous ‘red balloon’ locations during the DARPA challenge.

• If the solution(s) are embedded in processes containing lengthy feedback loops.

Drug Discov. Today. 2015 Jan 27. pii: S1359‐6446(15)00033‐1. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.01.011

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What are we trying to do again?

Internalize external innovation

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Getting the fit right

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Drug Discov. Today. 2015 Jan 27. pii: S1359‐6446(15)00033‐1. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.01.011

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Strong• “Our program provides postdoctoral 

scholars with a unique opportunity to perform innovative fundamental research in a pharmaceutical setting” [1]

• “Trainees pursue their research and career training in a culture steeped in the translation of basic science discovery into difference‐making medicines for patients of all ages and geographies.” [2]

• “Generate innovative science resulting in high‐quality external publications” [3]

[1] http://postdoc.nibr.com/, accessed December 18th 2014[2] http://pfizercareers.com/university‐relations/postdoc, accessed December 18th 2014[3] http://www.merck.com/research/fellow/home.html, accessed December 18th 2014

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Partial ‐ Consortia

“We need an evidence‐based approach ‐ a science of collaboration ‐to evaluate and inform the evolving multi‐stakeholder collaboration environment in biomedical innovation.” [4]

[4] Papadaki, M. and Hirsch, G. (2013) Curing Consortium Fatigue, Sci. Transl. Med. 5, 200fs35.

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Partial ‐ Academic collaboration and Open Innovation

Connections between industry and academic organizations are well studied [5, 6] and there exists a spectrum of ‘one‐off’ relationships with external collaborators, through to an engagement of ‘Open Innovation’ programs.

[5] Hugget, B. (2013) Academic‐industry partnerships 2012, Nature Biotechnology 31, 383.[6] Frye, S. et al. (2011) US academic drug discovery, Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 10, 409–410.

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Weak• A loosely connected network of 

individuals who, through internet enabled services and community, can be engaged in a full spectrum of activities ranging from micro‐task through to multi‐hour research project.

• As was described, such actors may associate with skills‐based communities that have no connection with the pharmaceutical industry, or healthcare.

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Some concluding remarks

If you are intent on trying to ‘internalize external innovation’, please think about the following:• Are you asking the right ‘crowd’, the right questions?

• Are you attempting to coordinate the asking of questions and your use of ‘crowds’?– This is the same type of problem as ‘consortium fatigue’ and has no solution; any attempt is a good one[7]

[7] Rittel, HWJ and Webber, MW. (1973) Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning, Policy Sciences 4 155‐169.