Jenni idea management software service

Jenni™ Idea Management
Software Service

Idea management is a structured innovation process for capturing ideas from across a large group of people - such as your employees - and evaluating those ideas in order to identify the most promising.

Jenni™ is a combination of software (which runs on the web) and human support that provides idea management through ideas campaigns.

An Ideas campaign is a structured process we have developed for idea management. Moreover, we believe it is the most effective, most sustainable and most motivational approach to idea management available. That's why we developed it and have used it as a model for Jenni idea management. (Read more about ideas campaigns)

An ideas campaign is a five step process

Step 1

Your ideas campaign begins with an innovation challenge based on a business problem or issue.

Step 2

Motivate people to participate in the ideas campaign.

Step 3

Participants - probably your employees - develop ideas in a collaborative environment.

Step 4

The most promising ideas are selected and sent to teams of experts for evaluation.

Step 5

The winning ideas are implemented.

The advantages to the ideas campaign process of idea management and organisational innovation are clear, particularly in comparison to the suggestion box approach to idea management (where employees submit any suggestion into a closed box - or software system):

Most importantly, you get ideas that respond to your specific business needs.

Ideas are developed in an open, collaborative and transparent environment.

You can evaluate multiple solutions to a problem simultaneously and apply metrics in order to identify the best solution or solutions.

Managers, who understand their divisions' needs, take charge of their own ideas campaigns - and hence their own innovation processes.

An innovation challenge motivates people to suggest ideas and really think about business issues. A suggestion box does little to motivate.

Your idea management process becomes a series of ideas campaigns - each of which is a closed event designed with clear goals and actionable results. Indeed, implementing the best ideas of one ideas campaign can generate challenges for new ideas campaigns. The result is a sustainable idea management process.

Service

Jenni is not a software. Rather it is a comprehensive service based around a web application (ie. software designed to run on the web with the look and feel of a web site) that includes..

Installation of your Jenni on a secure server - usually within a day of your contract signing.

Fast, friendly, professional support when you need it.

An innovation coach at your service, ready to help ensure your experience with Jenni, ideas campaigns and idea management is a success.

Regular maintenance, periodic upgrades and on-demand configuration of your implementation of Jenni.

All included in a low subscription fee based on the number of people in your organisation using Jenni. Indeed, when you take into account new set-up fees (a very few conditions apply - see pricing info for details)

A flexible contract that allows you to grow, shrink or even cancel Jenni according to your idea management requirements.

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Out now! Version 4.0!!

We've just completed our latest upgrade of Jenni™ 4.0 and it's full of new features designed to improve your innovation results!

Learn more about what's new in Jenni 4.0 here

Who's using Jenni...

Chemtura is a global leader in the highly competitive chemicals market, thanks in part to their focus on improving the quality of life. Not surprisingly, the company has a long history of innovative product development.

When Chemtura decided they needed to implement an idea management tool to facilitate their innovation process and better enable employees all over the world to collaborate to develop ideas, they chose Jenni idea management.

Within days of ordering, Chemtura's implementation of Jenni was available and ideas were soon being submitted. Today, Chemtura runs regular ideas campaigns to generate new product and marketing ideas. Chemtura also uses Jenni to capture spontaneous ideas that help them better serve their global customers.

South East Water is a Melbourne, Australia based water supplier serving some 1.3 million people via AU$ 1.3 billion worth of infrastructure.

However, unlike most businesses, South East Water does not want to sell more of their main product. Melbourne has a long history of droughts and is currently facing a severe water shortage. As a result, South East Water has to encourage their customers to conserve water, must continually improve the efficiency of their infrastructure and, of course, provide excellent customer service at all times.

Clearly, innovation is needed and South East Water has never lacked for innovative ideas. So, when the company decided they needed an idea management tool to solicit, capture and manage those ideas they choose Jenni idea management. In particular, they appreciate Jenni's extreme ease of use and the way it makes sharing and developing ideas fun.

Within a week of ordering Jenni, South East Water had their idea management software service running and were generating viable ideas in their first ideas campaign.

Of course, their end product is still water. But the efficiency with which the water gets to the clients and the quality of customer service – when it is needed – gets better all the time.

A global snack food manufacturer uses Jenni to devise new snack food products, packaging and processes - all with a focus on improved healthiness in their products.

Like other clients, they chose Jenni for ease of use, speed of putting into service and fun. Within their first six weeks they had run four simultaneous ideas campaigns generating 100s of ideas, evaluated those ideas and identified several powerful new ideas.

Indeed, the next time you pick up a clever new snack food product off the supermarket shelf - consider it is possible Jenni played a part in creating it.

New: Jenni™ is on Facebook!

If your company targets University educated young adults from anywhere in the world or all around the world, Jenni on the Facebook platform should interest you!

Jenni on Facebook allows you to solicit ideas from across the Facebook population or from distinct groups within Facebook. Moreover, a coordinated marketing plan ensures you not only get creative ideas from the public, but you also promote your products and services.

With a population of 40 million users and growing, Facebook offers tremendous creative and innovative opportunities for your firm. Learn more...

Or try out Jenni on Facebook here (opens in a new window)...