UNAWARDED CHALLENGES
Crowd-Solving is Remarkably Successful
Our process of humanitarian crowd-solving is remarkably effective. As of September 2024, 83% of the completed open-innovation public challenges advised by SeaFreight Labs awarded a prize to one or more winning Solvers. Award of a prize means that the Seeker was satisfied enough with one or more submissions to their challenge that they decided to pay money to acquire the rights to the winning ideas. ​
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This 'success ratio' shows the value of skilled practioners and a time-tested process. Innovation is generally a high-failure activity with many losers and few winners. A process which usually delivers success in a repeatable way has tremendous potential value for organizations in need of new ways to innovate.
Our Few Unawarded Challenges Are Listed Below
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World Vision's third challenge sought to revolutionize how World Vision (and other NGOs) measure their progress on achieving universal latrine coverage: Efficient and Reliable Counting of Improved Latrines. The challenge solicited new (automated) ways to count the number of improved latrines in a community or region. Click HERE to visit the challenge.
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The challenge was open for submissions June-September 2021. It attracted 205 registered solvers. It received 48 submissions but none were deemed to be better than the current World Vision method of field visits every few years.​​​​​​
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World Vision's fourth challenge solicited invention of a new business model that could help World Vision multiply their planned 2021-2025 investment of US$1 billion in WAter, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) into up to US$5 billion. It was titled Leveraging Funds to Increase Investment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Click HERE to visit the challenge.
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The challenge was open for submissions July-September 2021. It attracted 253 registered solvers. It received 69 submissions but none proposed something the World Vision felt was new or would drive more resources to their work.
