Take Collaborative Innovation to the Next Level

Submit ideas with multiple co-owners. Co-owners edit together, receive progress notifications, and a full audit log.

How Do You Track Shared Responsibility When Ideas Come from Teams?

Most ideas develop through collaboration. One person starts the conversation, others refine the thinking, and eventually a group takes ownership. Ideanote lets you add co-owners to any idea submission from the start.

When you submit an idea, you choose who shares ownership with you. All co-owners get full editing rights to develop the idea together. Everyone listed receives automatic progress notifications when the idea moves through your innovation workflow.

The platform keeps a complete audit trail. You see who created the idea, when co-owners were added, and what changes each person made. If responsibilities shift during execution, co-owners can remove themselves and hand off to new team members. The original submission record stays intact.

What This Means for Your Team

You represent team efforts accurately. People who contributed get credit on the submission itself. When similar ideas exist, teams can merge their work under shared ownership instead of maintaining duplicate submissions.

Co-ownership aligns your innovation process with how work happens in your organization. Cross-functional teams own ideas together. Responsibility transfers cleanly when projects move between departments. Everyone involved stays informed about progress without manual updates.

Who shows up as the idea owner when I submit with co-owners?

All co-owners appear on the idea submission. When you create an idea, you select yourself and other people as co-owners at the time of submission. Everyone you add will be listed, giving full credit to the team behind the idea.

The audit log tracks who originally created the idea, so there is always a record of where the idea started.

Do co-owners get the same editing rights?

Yes. All co-owners have the same ability to edit and improve the idea. This lets teams refine submissions together as the idea develops.

Will co-owners receive notifications about the idea's progress?

Yes. Every co-owner receives notifications when the idea moves through your workflow. This keeps everyone informed as the idea advances from submission through evaluation and into execution.

What if ownership needs to change later in the process?

Co-owners have the ability to remove themselves from an idea if responsibility needs to shift. This is useful when ideas transition between teams or when a champion changes as the idea matures.

The audit log keeps a record of all ownership changes, so you always know who contributed at each stage.

Can I submit an idea on someone else's behalf?

You must select yourself as a co-owner unless you are an admin. This ensures people take ownership of the ideas they submit. If the idea needs to transfer to someone else later, you have the option to remove yourself and let other co-owners manage it forward.

How does co-ownership help with duplicate ideas?

When team members find similar ideas already submitted, they can join as co-owners instead of creating a duplicate. This aligns effort behind one strong idea rather than splitting support across multiple versions.

Does the platform track who edited what on a shared idea?

Yes. The audit log records all changes to the idea, including who made edits and when. This creates accountability and transparency when multiple people contribute to developing an idea.