The Innovation Management definition varies, but the most reliable is written by Henry Chesbrough. Chesbrough, who is known for coining the term open innovation, argues that innovation management is not merely supply chain management, but rather a key element in making open innovation a success in the workplace. Innovation management is responsible for the organization and administration of programs … Continued
Involving customers in the development process is no longer an optional strategy. In fact, in a February 2014 presentation, Herman Wories made a statement about the role of innovation: “Innovation is no longer a competitive advantage: it’s a competitive necessity. In order to keep up, you need to continuously innovate.” So customers (and employees of innovative companies) … Continued
What is innovation? Innovation is the introduction of significant, positive change and it can impact a number of different aspects of an organization. It can help the enterprise improve existing or offer new products that generate new revenue streams. It can help organizations develop new processes that help businesses save money. It can help optimize … Continued
What is change management? Change management is the process by which businesses and government entities identify great opportunities for change and make those ideas into organizational realities. How can you use IdeaScale for change management? IdeaScale is change management software that allows businesses to ask for great ideas that can come from anywhere and then identify … Continued
Change management facilitates change without chaos and disruption without upheaval. What is change management software? Change management software is a technology solution that empowers any organization to find the best ideas and then make those ideas into business realities. Change management can be the stewardship of small or large changes, but change management software supports … Continued
With the assessment tool, not only can community members vote ideas and comments up and down, but they can also evaluate that content across a number of different criteria
The IdeaScale reporting dashboard tracks all-up and detailed information, including users, ideas, comments, and votes over time.
Administrators can set automatic vote or comment thresholds to trigger notifications to members or route ideas to the next lifecycle stage.
During idea submission, the idea form uses predictive word search to consolidate similar ideas. Administrators can also merge like-ideas.
Members can search, sort, and select ideas based on subject, status, associated tags, and more.
Administrators can easily create a poll that presents to every member at login in order to gather valuable, question-specific data.
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