Wilmington, Delaware — Planbox, the world’s pioneering and top-ranking agile innovation management platform, was recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools, which states “the innovation management tool market offers technologies that help organizations streamline operations for their innovation programs. Application leaders should use this Market Guide to understand this market and make effective technology choices for their innovation acceleration programs.”
In addition to market overview and recommendations, the Market Guide also provides social media trending topics for Innovation Management Tools. In this report, Gartner states “scalable innovation is another new conversation topic in 2021, and it reflects the need for sustainable innovation at scale. It implies the use of multiple sources for idea generation, optimization of stage-gate pipelines, and the ability to execute and manage several parallel initiatives for turning ideas into business value.”
At the core of sustainable innovation is a set of future-fit practices that support innovation acceleration initiatives. “A human-centered and technology-driven approach to innovation is key to developing organizational resilience. On the one hand you need people for their ingenuity, and on the other, you need technology to manage a portfolio of projects throughout their lifecycle, from launch to completion. A tool that effectively combines creative concept development with strong governance is a secret weapon for any organization on the path to building a sustainable and scalable innovation program that’s fit for the future,” said Ludwig Melik, CEO of Planbox.
Gartner also states “vendors are looking to differentiate their services and products and attract customers by offering access to external ecosystems, including specialists in different areas, sometimes described as software that comes with people.” We believe Planbox’s acquisition of IdeaConnection, a global expert solver network, lends support to this trend in market direction, as people-centric activities around problem-solving gradually make their way into the mainstream as sustainable practices for unlocking innovative solutions for seemingly unsolvable business challenges.
“Every organization, big and small, from startup to established, faces challenges. Some are more complex than others and require a little more brain power as a result — that’s when a diverse ecosystem of more than 20,000 experts, thought leaders, scientists, and innovators across 180 countries step in at your service,” said Melik.
Gartner “Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools” by Nikos Drakos and Marty Resnick, 7 December 2021.
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Innovation is at the heart of becoming Future-Fit. Our end-to-end innovation management platform and services empower medium and large-sized organizations to become more adaptive, creative, and resilient. Planbox helps you turn creative ideas into winning projects and integrate everyday tools to collaborate smarter with your community of employees, customers, partners, startups, governments, academia, and expert solvers. Planbox has offices in Canada, UK, and USA, with customers around the world in over 140 countries.