About Leila Durmaz

Hello, I'm your author, Leila Durmaz. I spend a lot of my time researching the best practices for innovation management, and writing articles to share them. I hope you find them helpful! I work at Accompa - one of our products is IdeaGlow innovation management software.

How to Prioritize Your Organization’s Ideas

Ideas drive innovation. But how do you decide which ideas to implement first?

Learn how to prioritize your employees’ ideas so your organization can begin innovating.

How to Prioritize Ideas

In a previous blog post, we explained how you can gather ideas from your employees. Once you’ve gathered ideas from your employees, it’s time to  prioritize those ideas to decide which ones to implement. [Read more…]

How to Make Your Idea Management System More Transparent

Wiping WindshieldIs your idea management system transparent to your organization?

Having a transparent idea management system is a necessary step for it to be successful. Your employees should understand what the idea management system is, how to use it, and how the system is going to benefit your organization.

Read on to learn why a transparent idea management system is important and how you can make your organization’s system more transparent… [Read more…]

Why Failing Can Be a Good Thing For Innovation

Kids & Science ExperimentSometimes, it’s okay to fail.

Why? Because the fear of failure holds back organizations from being truly innovative. But it’s not just about failure. It’s about how you handle the failure and what you learn from it. Read on to learn why failing can be a good thing and how you can fail well… [Read more…]

Idea Management Systems: How to Escape the Fatal Flaw

Boom Pop ArtDid you know there is one fatal flaw that can cause your idea management system to self-destruct?

Yup, it’s true. And, unfortunately, many organizations suffer from it.

What is this common flaw, you ask?

Here’s the short answer: Relying on extrinsic motivators.

Extrinsic motivators are dangerously easy to implement. That’s why many organizations try to use them. Don’t fall into the trap!

You might be wondering why extrinsic motivators are such a big deal. Let’s find out why… [Read more…]

5 Ways an Idea Management System Can Benefit Your Organization

Man with IdeaCapture ideas from your employees effectively with an idea management system.

With an idea management system, you can help your organization build a systematic innovation management process. But an idea management system comes with a lot more benefits than just managing innovation. Below are five ways an idea management system can improve and benefit your organization…

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