Idea Pipeline

04/21/2022

See Idea Pipeline in action! In this demo, Claudia Runte, Lead of Idea Pipeline Customer Success, highlights the features that allow you to pose "challenges" to your team, manage submissions, vote on favorites, and track chosen ideas through implementation.

Welcome to Idea Pipeline! This demo will walk through the Idea Pipeline platform and how to take your organization’s ideas from concepts to reality.

04/07/2022

is the ongoing improvement of products, processes, or services. Everyone contributes to the process and will have direct responsibilities, making each employee accountable for progress. Learn how continuous improvement can benefit your business.

Learn the benefits of a clearly defined continuous improvement process. Better engage your employees and improve productivity.

03/31/2022

Improvement culture starts from the -up, and many obstacles can prevent it from working seamlessly for your team. should focus on increasing efficiency and coexisting with your organization's processes, not doubling the overall workload. Learn more here:

Continuous improvement is more than a buzzword. Learn how a culture shift to bottom-up innovation will engage your employees and maximize your ROI.

03/24/2022

Continuous innovation is critical for any business that wants to stay competitive, but the notion of employees committing time in their workday to innovation rather than day-to-day tasks goes against our expectations of corporate life.

But, what if we told you a bottom-up innovation culture change would improve your company’s productivity, efficiency, and employee retention?

When innovation is in everyone’s job description, you empower your workforce to think outside of the box and unlock enterprise-wide creativity.

Wondering what a culture could do for your organization? Check out our recent webinar, hosted by Claudia Runte, Lead of Idea Pipeline Customer Success, to learn:

* The importance of having a formal idea management process
* The differences between top-down vs. bottom-up innovation
* How to adjust your leadership style
* Bottom-up innovation tools
* How to measure successful idea management and quantify employee engagement

Click the link to watch!
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03/17/2022

You can't afford to be static in business. The marketplace, your customers, and your competitors constantly change. You must adapt to new circumstances, as well as improve and innovate. If you are ready to implement into your business, check out the five things to avoid.

Innovation management takes work but it shouldn’t burden your team. Here are 5 tips for creating an innovation culture without burning out in the process.

01/11/2022

Stories of turf wars may be good for Hollywood dramas or Broadway stages but aren’t so conducive for working environments. Organizational silos are a major pain point for many business leaders, almost always associated with turf wars between different departments.

The destructive silo mentality often leads to inter-departmental fights over budget allocation, human resources, and/or leadership roles, as well as deeper issues like reduced productivity, efficiency, and morale.

So how can businesses break down their organizational silos and replace them with a collaborative and innovative culture?

Check out our blog for our 7 recommended steps for eliminating unhealthy boundaries in your organization.

Your continuous improvement initiatives are negatively impacted by organizational silos. Follow these tips to eliminate silos and reach your goals.

12/22/2021

The suggestion box.

Against its better intentions, this office fixture is used for little more than making unreasonable demands or irrelevant requests. In their search for an alternative, some businesses turn to overly complex innovation management software that bogs down employees and can hinder continuous improvement. Thankfully there is a better way.
Check out our blog to learn how challenge-based initiatives are a better way forward.

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Challenge-based initiatives have several benefits to your innovation management. Read to learn how they foster collaboration and help find better solutions.

12/21/2021

The #1 goal of continuous improvement is creating widespread and lasting success by making small improvements regularly. Over time, these small improvements turn into large improvements and foster a healthy workplace where everyone contributes to the company’s success.

The key component that success hinges on is making the improvement process adaptable and easy to utilize. Different departments have different goals but that doesn’t mean you should have 5 completely different ways of doing things.
Check out our blog to learn about some of the most common continuous improvement process plans and see if any of them would work in your company.

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There are many continuous improvement process plans and just as many ways to implement them. This article will look at two of the more common templates.

12/20/2021

AF Group has always prioritized a culture of innovation but before finding a platform to host and manage the process, garnering employee engagement was disjointed and largely unsuccessful.

The innovation team at the insurance company AF Group adopted the Idea Pipeline platform as a way to encourage collaboration and fresh insights. The result: a problem-solving forum, enterprise-wide change, and a happier, validated workforce.

With Idea Pipeline, AF Group has:

✅ Shifted from email chains to Idea Pipeline communication to help dismantle information silos and create a more cohesive culture.

✅ Created enterprise-wide change from a pipeline conversation about ergonomics and loss control.

✅ Challenged and garnered high employee engagement in a “tech hack” competition to solve common problems using existing company tools

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AF Group breaks down departmental silos and fosters innovation with Idea Pipeline.

12/14/2021

So you know you want to implement an idea management strategy. Now what? We break down the different options, including centralized, decentralized, or hybrid model approach. Take a look at the pros and cons of each.

There are distinct idea management philosophies embraced in companies of all sizes, introducing centralized and decentralized innovation management.

12/07/2021

Bottom-up innovation is an invaluable way to get new ideas and increase employee morale. Balancing idea popularity with feasibility can be tricky. Still, it's worth the effort to make sure that you implement ideas that excite your employees. Check out these suggestions on how to balance feasibility vs. popularity.

When innovating bottom-up, striking a balance of idea popularity with feasibility is critical to a healthy, engaged continuous improvement culture.