Products

Switchboard by Brightidea

How it Works

Switchboard is the most powerful tool ever created to manage large scale numbers of ideas. It automates the routing and refinement of ideas across silos and geographies to cross functional teams, ensuring that ideas are fully vetted and that the right ideas continue into the company's innovation pipeline.

Setting it Up

It is easy to set up, and has an intuitive input interface that employees will find instantly familiar. Here's how. The leader of the innovation team will:

1. Identify Key Decision Makers
2. Distribute the Work & Make Input Requests
3. Set Up Automated Reminders & Motivate Participation with Reports, Points
    Group-Level Recognition
4. Label Ideas Using Batch Operations
5. Complete Scorecarding & Rank Ideas by Feasibility

Why it works

Switchboard is an effective tool because it is powerful, efficient, simple to use, is always on, and it reaches users across organizations no matter how disparate in job role or geography. It greatly enhances your ability to generate new ideas and fuel the innovation process that is so critical to your success.