#38: Innovation despite lockdown, progress during COVID-19

The OpenideaL origin story OpenideaL is an ideas and innovation management software created by Linnovate. Based on Drupal, OpenideaL is the leading open source solution for running innovation and ideation campaigns through a community. Elroi, the CEO at Linnovate, explains the project’s origins started, interestingly enough, with the Israeli government, before pivoting to enterprises. “Enterprises realized that it’s a very good solution for them, and they adopted it, either to hear their consumers, or to hear their employees. It was very successful because at Linnovate we suddenly sold many downloads.” Discuss, promote, and rate ideas easily Zohar, Linnovate’s Head of Product, explains OpenideaL’s features. “Out of the box, you have all the tools for managing communities. This means you can have users, groups, comments, notifications, everything that allows a community of people who share the same interests to communicate and flourish together, to create things in a better and more efficient way.” OpenideaL’s feature set includes different ways to: Add ideas Discuss ideas Vote on ideas Take an idea to a closed group Share the idea with a group of experts Clearly defined workflows OpenideaL takes each idea through a defined workflow. Zohar breaks it down like this: “An idea goes from the draft, which is private, to the ideation phase, where it’s open to the community. After that is the review phase, where experts come in and give their opinion, and there is a discussion between them and the authors. After the review phase, the idea either goes through acceptance, postponed, or rejected statuses.”  What’s next for OpenideaL Elroi, Zohar, and Netanel have many plans for OpenideaL’s future. For 2021, they are considering: Increasing engagement using AI text analysis  Offering OpenideaL as a SaaS for more flexibility Working on a machine learning module which will help the administrators and users gain more insights  No-code skins for clients who want the ability to change the way the platform looks and feels Says Zohar, “Our goal in OpenideaL is not just social activity. It’s about taking an idea from its very first form, like a grain, and watering and fertilizing it with the involvement of many people.” Participate in an innovation-forward community by trying out OpenideaL today. Platform.sh Learn more about us. Get started with a free trial. Have a question? Get in touch! Platform.sh on social media Twitter @platformsh Twitter (France): @platformsh_fr LinkedIn: Platform.sh LinkedIn (France): Platform.sh Facebook: Platform.sh Watch, listen, and subscribe to the Platform.sh Deploy Friday podcast: YouTube Apple Podcasts Buzzsprout Platform.sh is a robust, reliable hosting platform that gives development teams the tools to build and scale applications efficiently. Whether you run one or one thousand websites, you can focus on creating features and functionality with your favorite tech stack and leave managing infrastructure and processes to us.