Innovation Tools: Many walk into the ‘tool’ trap, hoping that one can unleash creativity at workplace by buying a tool. As the saying goes ‘A fool with a tool is still a fool’.
If your creative arteries are clogged, tools cannot help. Tools can complement a thriving innovation culture but they can never be substitutes.
There are two broad categories of tools: Creativity tools and Idea management tools. Creativity tools are used to spark creativity and induce lateral thinking among employees. Examples are Bono Po, Mind Mapping, KAI, TRIZ and Stage-Gate. Idea management tools can help track and manage employees’ ideas till execution by providing progress dashboards. Enterprise idea management tools like Imaginitik or Energi™ can help manage employee ideas and are useful in managing large number of ideas across the enterprise. To reiterate, a tool can support the process of innovation but can never be the innovation.
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