Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood day folks!

UNITE ONLINE & CONQUER BUSINESS CHALLENGES! That’s the key takeaway for today’s blog!

For many organizations right now, shut down orders and social distancing (AKA ‘physical’ distancing, for all you sticklers out there) have led to a paradoxical barrier: remote work. Paradoxical because on the one hand, your employees can continue to work and keep business operations running, but on the other hand, communication, collaboration and employee experience/engagement are all suddenly severely hindered. OK, nothing new; no surprise. You’re not teaching me anything new Planbox! HOLD ON! That being said, unbeknownst to many of these very same organizations is the ALL MIGHTY POWER of innovation management platforms!

This is the part where you say AH! Please, do go on!

And so I shall!

RIGHT NOW (yes, right now, not tomorrow, not after tomorrow, but right now!) is the time to look for creative ways to solve problems, to make better and more informed decisions and identity new opportunities on the horizon that extend your organization’s market value. Of course, we at Planbox don’t just talk-the-talk; we also walk-the-walk.

That’s why we want to walk you through a journey of inspirational innovation success amid the COVID-19 pandemic!

You see, collaboration between internal and external communities right now is more important than ever before–whether it’s engaging with your immediate networks of employees, customers, suppliers or partners, or extending beyond this local ecosystem by involving a much broader, global network of startups, academics, researchers, and many other stakeholders. Which ever your organization engages, it’s definitely setting itself up for success and long-term growth, that much is certain! By driving company-wide virtual innovation campaigns on this scale, your employees, along with other parties involved, will see how your innovation efforts extend beyond face-to-face engagement with your organization’s innovation leaders or innovation teams. Involving your employees in the ideation process is empowering, but more importantly, it acknowledges that they too have a stake in the company’s financial well-being, which ultimately serves as a source of motivation that can inspire innovation!

Take Hollister Incorporated for example, a multinational healthcare products manufacturer and services provider. Hollister Incorporated is effectively avoiding disruption and extending its market value in these turbulent times by conducting company-wide virtual innovation campaigns that support ongoing ideation initiatives in areas of advanced research, rapid prototyping and commercialization. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome, and what’s more awesome is that they be shared some juicy tips and tricks behind their inspiring innovation success story in an exclusive webinar session with Planbox!

What are you waiting for? Check it out!

Til next time folks!