Thirty.sg: Crowdsourcing ideas for Singapore

Using the “radical transparency” model of innovation that I learnt from Making Ideas Happen, I’ll write a bit about a project that a group that I am part of have been working on- thirty.sg.

The Thirty.sg Site

It is an website that, for 30 days before National Day, allows anyone to submit concrete and executable ideas that can make Singapore a better place. So far ideas have ranged from small suggestions (more study tables in libraries) to the big stuff (education). More importantly, we are building a community around those ideas- where people discuss, debate and refine each idea. We then bring the best ideas to the people who can make them happen.

It has been interesting seeing the community grow and develop. We started out barely 2 weeks ago with a free website from Ideascale, and as of 2 minutes ago have almost 60 ideas, 505 votes, and 143 comments. Many of the ideas are really good. The team behind it is the reason for this rapid growth- I have learnt a lot from working with some of the most talented people around. Working with them has only increased my belief in the collective power of a small group of people to make something happen.

Check it out- I promise you’ll find the site interesting. I’m pretty sure at some point in our lives we’ve thought of something that Singapore could do, or should have. This is a pretty good way to get it out there- so put your idea up there!

PS: If you could help us evangelize the site, it would be a great help. At the moment we’ve been doing it solely through word of mouth, and anybody you tell about this site helps our efforts a lot.