{"id":7265,"date":"2018-03-25T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T20:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/ikea-crowdsourcing-ideas-to-co-create-a-better-everyday-life\/"},"modified":"2018-03-25T18:48:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T22:48:34","slug":"ikea-crowdsourcing-ideas-to-co-create-a-better-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/ikea-crowdsourcing-ideas-to-co-create-a-better-everyday-life\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA: crowdsourcing ideas to co-create a better everyday life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IKEA, the traditional furniture retailer with 75 years history, is now planning a digital platform to co-create products and innovations with third-party designers, startups, and customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are launching \u2018Co-Create IKEA\u2019, a digital platform where customers will have the possibility to develop and test new products &#8230; a bit like the open-source development within IT,\u201d Torbj\u00f6rn\u00a0L\u00f6\u00f6f, chief executive of Inter\u00a0Ikea, said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7267 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1-600x257.png 600w, https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-25-at-4.08.29-PM-1.png 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How will it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;co-create IKEA&#8221; platform will be looking into five areas: product ideas, Bootcamp, collaborating with university students, and connecting with innovation labs and makerspaces around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The platform of \u201cProduct ideas\u201d will soon be launched and it will be a place for everyone who has a passion for furniture design and who wants to turn daily needs or frustrations into solutions to take part in the development and testing of new products. IKEA hasn\u2019t disclosed many details but a product they just launched in early 2018 might be helpful for us to imagine how will the co-creation work &#8211; Delaktif is an \u201copen source\u201d sofa launched recently, and IKEA opens the door for customers to experiment their ideas, allowing third-party designers, manufacturers, or anyone, to create complementary products that can attach to the sofa or modify its use (see picture below).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bootcamp&#8221; is a platform opens up for curious and motivated startups to solve IKEA\u2019s big problems. In 2017, IKEA launched its first Bootcamp, 1200 teams submitted their applications online and 10 selected projects, from smart home system to bicycle trailers, will be working with IKEA design team in IKEA Design center for 3 months. IKEA may license their technology or product, or be an investor in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Picture3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7268 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Picture3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"619\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Value creation and value capture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For participants, from consumers, third-party designers, to startups, they all have strong incentives to participate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like the case of Threadless and Tongal, these participants appreciate the opportunity to work with IKEA on product innovation. IKEA is the world\u2019s largest furniture retailer, and designing a product for IKEA will be a social proof or help the career development for these participants.<\/li>\n<li>Participants can get the reward. Participants will get money if their ideas work. In addition to that, IKEA provide many resources, like test labs, prototype shop and knowledge, to help selected participants create their products\/ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Participants have strong Intrinsic motivations to do so. IKEA has long inspired a \u201chacker community\u201d where people are passionate about modifying IKEA furniture and share their ideas. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikeahackers.net\/\">https:\/\/www.ikeahackers.net\/<\/a> is a website for hackers share their ideas and was built by IKEA fans. I think we can foresee that many people, including these hackers, will have incentives to participate because they just enjoy doing it, making their ideas happen and sharing great ideas with others in the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For IKEA, it can leverage the wisdom of the crowd in product innovation, and this can benefit the company in a few ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involving customers in design can help IKEA get more customer insights and build customized and better products. As Mr.Dixon, the designer of the open-source sofa\u00a0said \u201cthere might be things that we can\u2019t think of that people might want to add.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The creative ideas from the crowd can help IKEA on their continuous innovations and achieve their mission of proving affordable, accessible and environmental-friendly products for more customers.<\/li>\n<li>Involving customers in the design can actually enhance customer satisfaction and help build deeper and sticker relationships with customers.<\/li>\n<li>Crowdsourcing ideas can help IKEA save some R&amp;D cost and monetize on ideas and products contributed by the crowd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Challenges:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like other traditional retailers, IKEA was actually slow in migrating to digital. I am wondering whether IKEA can have the digital expertise and capability to build their \u201cco-create IKEA\u201d an effective digital platform to connect and manage the participants around the world and whether the platform can continuously offer enough challenges to motivate people to participate over time. Since this is a new initiative of IKEA, I am looking forward to seeing what will happen and how will it impact my experience as an IKEA customer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/co-createikea.com\">https:\/\/co-createikea.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-ikea-sales\/ikea-plans-full-range-town-center-showrooms-open-source-design-idUSKBN1CE1HK<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/newsroom.inter.ikea.com\/news\/ten-startups-will-co-create-the-future-with-ikea\/s\/03c981f9-6d6e-4655-8726-cd9307749526<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikeahackers.net\">https:\/\/www.ikeahackers.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ikeas-open-source-sofa-invites-customization-1485715752\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ikeas-open-source-sofa-invites-customization-1485715752<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IKEA, the traditional furniture retailer with 75 years history, is now planning a digital platform to co-create products and innovations with third-party designers, startups, and customers. \u201cWe are launching \u2018Co-Create IKEA\u2019, a digital platform where customers will have the possibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":7266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[673,2132,2131],"class_list":["post-7265","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crowdsourcing","category-ikea","category-retailer"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/assignment\/competing-with-or-against-crowds\/","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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