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i-Bank
The Next Generation Idea Management Software
How forward thinking
organizations use their
intranet to inspire,
originate, develop,
evaluate, track, launch
and reward powerful new
ideas for growing their
business.
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If You Believe That…
• People are your company’s biggest asset…
• Innovation is the key to your company’s
success…
• Great ideas reside in the minds of your
employees…
• Creativity can be jump started and
sustained…
• Innovation is everyone’s responsibility – not
just R&D’s…
• There must be a better way to move ideas
through your “system”
…i-Bank is for you
For most organizations, the
challenge of how to
catalyze, access, develop,
process, evaluate, and
acknowledge the best ideas
of their employees is a
difficult one.
Most companies don’t
have a clue. People
either badger each
other in elevators,
curry favor in
meetings, or lobby for
their ideas over
lunch… but ultimately
the process of “moving
robust ideas through
the system” is chaotic,
undependable,
inefficient, nervewracking and
downright
disempowering.
No wonder why
so many
people give up,
keeping their
ideas to
themselves,
never going
much further
than naming
the problem
and
complaining
about it to
anyone who
will listen.
But it doesn’t have
to be that way.
Indeed, it is
possible to tap into
the brainpower of
your workforce
while creating an
environment
conducive to the
origination,
development and
implementation of
powerful new
business ideas.
i-Bank
provides your
workforce with
a simple, yet
robust, way to
get their ideas
out of their
heads and into
the innovation
marketplace of
your
organization.
And know this:
I-Bank it is not
merely a
database to
capture and
process ideas. It
is an integrated
package of high
tech and high
touch services
sequenced to
establish a fertile
ground for filling
your innovation
pipeline).
i-Bank helps your
people feel good
about contributing
ideas to grow the
business. It provides
the safety, structure,
stimuli, and
soulfulness most
people need to go
beyond the status quo
and take personal
responsibility for
being a force for
innovation – not
simply concede it to
R&D or senior
leadership.
Bottom line, i-Bank
takes the voo doo
out of your
company’s idea
collection process.
People know the
game that’s being
played, what is
expected of them,
how to contribute,
how ideas will be
evaluated, who will
be getting back to
them and where
their idea is – at any
given time – in the
“system.”
There is even an
optional feature
that will allow
people to earn
“Frequent
Innovator
Points” and be
rewarded for
their various
contributions.
And because we
know that
employees’ workrelated frustrations
are often the
ground from which
new ideas spring,
we’ve even
included an online
“Complaint
Department,” a
feature that allows
users to not only
post their gripes,
but their solutions,
as well.
And for those
who want to
push the
proverbial
envelope, iBank offers a
wide variety of
quick-hitting,
creative
thinking tools
and techniques
to help users
generate truly
breakthrough
ideas.
And i-Bank is not
only for lone
wolves and closet
geniuses. On the
contrary, it’s
designed to foster
collaboration and
the appearance of
a vital community
of fully engaged
innovators –
online, offline – all
the time.
In fact, i-Bank is not
limited to your
workforce. It can be
easily configured to
include your
customers, vendors,
suppliers, retired
employees, and
anyone else on planet
Earth whose
brainpower you want
to access.
i-Bank can be configured
to be as topic-specific
as you wish. Ten
minutes is all it takes
to launch the “Idea
Drive” of your choice:
be it process
improvement, new
product development,
cost savings,
customer service,
marketing, benefits or
whatever other
company challenges
need attention.
Ultimately, i-Bank is
more than a leading
edge product. It is
also a leading edge
service, providing
licensees with a
variety of real-time,
LIVE, innovation
sparking events
(including
customized launch
sessions) to keep
your employees on
top of their game.
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What clients say about Idea Champions…
“Through your brainstorm
facilitation we gained more than
100 original ideas of high
quality. The best of these will
guide AT&T’s development for
years to come.”
– Bob Rubin, AT&T
“You are the firm I recommend
for anything to do with
innovation.”
“You offer pragmatic tools and
insights that enable
innovation.”
– Michael Serino, Merck
“As a result of your efforts, we
now have the most highly
motivated, creative and fun
team this division has seen…”
– Karen Buczek, General Mills
– Melody Mahoney, GE Capital
“As a result of your efforts we
have implemented more than
250 BIG IDEA projects.”
– Joe Belinsky, Goodyear Tire
“Your programs are like an
oasis in the desert, creating a
climate for people to
rejuvenate and be creative.”
– Laura Harvell, OXY
A Review from www.innovationtools.com
”i-Bank is an impressive idea development, collection
and management solution. It has anticipated needs that
I have not seen addressed by any other enterprise idea
management tools. Not only does it provide tools that
help employees generate ideas, it also utilizes a
customizable questionnaire that helps employees fully
think through their ideas before submitting them. Just as
important, the developers have realized that employees
are more likely to keep using an idea management tool
if it is fun and engaging – and they have designed these
elements into the application. I-Bank’s online learning
library is a valuable and unique resource, drawn from
the rich history of Idea Champions’ innovation practice –
enabling employees to grow their creative thinking and
problem-solving skills so they can generate and submit
even higher-quality ideas to the system."
Contact us today!
800-755-IDEA
[email protected]