Open Innovation

In open innovation, external ideas are used together with the internal ones. The approach stresses the importance of relationships between the firm and its outside partners, such as collaborating companies, academic institutions or governmental actors. It is worthwhile to have a distributed innovation process because today the information is widely spread, too. As a result of outside involvement, insights are more comprehensive and perspectives are fresher. To open the door for successful external input that benefits your business, an appropriate tool is necessary.

The solution

To invite partners to collaboratively innovate with you, you need an environment where to do it. Good open innovation platforms increase both speed and quality of the process. Engaging your ecosystem in innovation can yield sustainable competitive advantage by bringing you novel ideas and early feedback.

Viima has successfully enabled many companies to innovate with their external partners. The software gives you a clear place for all discussion related to open innovation. Using Viima is effortless even if the participants would come from different organizations or even continents: you can see the content real-time anywhere and log in with existing accounts.