Idealink Open^TM

Open innovation, idea championing and highly configurable workflow

Collecting the ideas is not the hard part – getting them implemented is. It seems that the people who are charged with delivering the tasks around an idea’s development are increasingly challenged to find the time to do so; this creates a lag in turnaround times which leads to incremental disengagement across the board. These weak links in the innovation process chain ultimately lead to “black hole syndrome” and spell trouble for an initiative supposed to be filled with promise and change.

The idea championing role remedies this choke point. Whether through designated champions or volunteers to carry-out the mandate, this critical role ensures that ideas are developed to a certain rigor that management can pre-configure from the outset — per idea type. This simple mechanism helps accelerate the idea’s progress throughout the process and facilitates decision-making for managers down the line — a critical component in keeping them engaged, by allowing their valuable time in the process to always be productive. Open collaboration and voluntary role selection enables more users to participate productively on their own terms and distribution of tasks keeps your SME channels from getting congested.

Key System Features

Status Tool You can create your own statuses according to your process. You can configure your own language, your own statuses, etc.	Status Triggers The system can also automatically change status based on user’s actions, or by the organization’s business rules.	Status Events Events can be triggered when an idea's status is changed; for example, give points when an idea's status changes to Accepted for Review.
Champion Options Assign a dedicated person as an idea champion, or let a self-motivated community opt-in to champion ideas.	Idea Tools We have many idea tools available that can be turned on or off, depending on your process and user role permissions.	Form Creation Create your own custom forms that can be used in a variety of ways, including submission forms, task forms, management voting forms, surveys, etc.