Lewisham Council is using Idea Spotlight to generate and capture ideas from its staff. Lewisham needs to save £95m over the next four years and it is turning to its employees for innovative and game-changing ideas.
“To say that finding such cost savings will be a major challenge is an understatement and to achieve such demanding financial targets we will need innovative and game-changing ideas from all our staff” Barry Quirk, Council Chief Executive
You can read the press coverage here:
LocalGov – Lewisham to crowdsource staff for money-saving ideas
Crowdsourcing.org – Lewisham Council goes idea crowdsourcing with Wazoku to save £95 million
IT Pro Portal – London council aims to save £95m through SaaS crowdsourcing initiative
Communications Journal – Lewisham to crowdsource staff for money-saving ideas
This Is Local London – Lewisham Council asks staff for ideas to help cut £95m from budget