Idea collecting

Innovation portal

A central hub where ideas, collaboration, and innovation programs come together

An innovation portal creates a clear and accessible entry point for innovation across the organization. Employees and stakeholders can discover missions, submit ideas, follow progress, and participate in challenges from one central place. By bringing participation, visibility, and structure together, organizations increase engagement and ensure ideas move forward with clarity and purpose.

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Why an innovation portal matters

Innovation participation grows when people know where to go, how to contribute, and what happens next. A central innovation portal creates visibility, engagement, and structure for idea contributions across the organization.

Without a central innovation portal

Ideas are scattered across tools and communication channels
Employees are unsure where or how to contribute ideas
Innovation programs struggle to maintain engagement
Leaders lack visibility into participation and activity

With an innovation portal

One clear entry point for ideas and innovation programs
Employees easily discover missions and contribute ideas
Participation and engagement increase across the organization
Leaders gain transparency into innovation activity

An innovation portal turns innovation into a visible and accessible activity, helping organizations mobilize ideas, increase engagement, and guide opportunities into structured evaluation and execution.

What you get

The innovation portal gives your organization one clear place to discover innovation activity, participate in missions, and follow idea progress with transparency.

A central hub for innovation programs, missions, and participation
Clear entry points for submitting ideas and contributing to challenges
Improved engagement through visible participation and activity
Transparency into idea status, progress, and next steps
A structured experience that guides contributors from discovery to submission
Visibility for leaders into adoption, activity, and contribution trends
Consistent navigation to key innovation areas, including funnels and evaluations

Who it’s for

Primarily designed for innovation teams responsible for structure, decisions, and measurable progress. Secondarily for organizational stakeholders who guide strategy, allocate resources, and evaluate results.

Innovation Managers

Own the innovation process and require full visibility across funnels, governance, decisions, and portfolio impact.

Innovation Leaders

Align innovation with strategy and need clear portfolio steering based on value, risk, and evidence.

Innovation Specialists

Execute initiatives and need structured workflows for intake, validation, evaluation, and next-step clarity.

Strategy & Transformation Teams

Ensure innovation supports strategic priorities and require transparency into progress and expected outcomes.

Portfolio, PMO & Governance

Oversee decision frameworks and resource allocation, requiring structured criteria and stage visibility.

Business & Product Leaders

Make implementation decisions and need clarity on ownership, business cases, risks, and expected impact.

AI enhances the innovation portal

AI helps organizations mobilize innovation participation and understand activity across the portal. Instead of manually tracking engagement and ideas, teams receive insights that highlight opportunities, participation trends, and emerging innovation themes.

AI Capabilities

Automatic clustering of related ideas and topics
Detection of emerging innovation themes across submissions
Smart summaries of ideas and discussions
Suggestions for similar or duplicate ideas
Engagement insights across missions and campaigns
Identification of high potential ideas early
Participation analytics across teams and departments
Trend analysis across innovation challenges

Impact

Higher participation and stronger idea engagement
Faster discovery of valuable opportunities
Clear visibility into innovation activity
Better understanding of emerging ideas and themes
Less manual analysis of submissions and discussions
More informed decisions on which ideas to advance

AI makes the innovation portal a learning system that continuously analyzes participation and ideas, helping organizations identify opportunities faster and guide innovation activity with data driven insights.

Key features for innovation portal

Innovation access

A central place for innovation participation

The innovation portal provides one clear entry point where employees and stakeholders can discover innovation initiatives, missions, and idea opportunities.

Central hub for innovation programs and participation
Easy access to missions, campaigns, and idea challenges
Clear overview of ongoing innovation initiatives
Simple navigation to submit and explore ideas

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Idea management structure and enrichment in Accept Mission

Missions and campaigns

Run focused innovation challenges

Launch missions and campaigns to collect ideas around strategic topics, problems, or opportunities. This helps organizations mobilize participation and gather targeted solutions.

Create focused idea challenges around key topics
Define timelines, themes, and participation goals
Encourage structured contributions from employees
Guide ideas into evaluation and innovation funnels

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Scoring and selection to evaluate and prioritize ideas

Idea engagement

Encourage participation and collaboration

The portal creates visibility for ideas and innovation activity, encouraging employees to contribute, comment, and refine ideas together.

Employees can follow and engage with innovation initiatives
Commenting and feedback on ideas
Increased transparency around idea activity
Collaborative refinement of submissions

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Governance and handover from ideas to initiatives

Innovation visibility

Provide transparency into innovation activity

Leaders and teams gain a clear overview of innovation participation and activity across the organization.

Visibility into idea contributions and participation levels
Overview of active missions and innovation initiatives
Transparency into idea status and progress
Insights into innovation engagement across teams

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AI powered innovation support and insights

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Product Tour: Idea collecting

Collect ideas from employees and stakeholders in a structured way. Use missions and campaigns for focused idea challenges, an innovation portal to mobilize participation, and live brainstorming boards to collaborate in real time.

Missions and campaigns

Launch focused idea challenges to collect solutions around specific topics, strategic themes, or business opportunities.

IdeaBox

Capture ideas continuously with structured submissions, clear ownership, and a central overview of incoming opportunities.

Live brainstorming

Run collaborative idea sessions with real time brainstorming boards that help teams generate, cluster, and refine ideas together.

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See how missions and campaigns, a dedicated innovation portal, and live brainstorming work together to capture better opportunities and increase participation.

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