Align Ideas With Strategic Goals and Track ROI
Add your strategic goals, tag idea collections to goals, and track ROI, idea completions, ideator activity, and team progress.
How Do You Prove Your Innovation Program Delivers Real Value?
Most organizations collect ideas but struggle to show how those ideas connect to company goals or what ROI they generate. Innovation Goals in Ideanote solves this by letting you define your strategic objectives and link idea collections directly to them.
When you add strategic goals in Ideanote, you create a clear line of sight between day-to-day ideation and what your organization needs to achieve. Tag each idea collection to a specific goal. Then track the metrics that matter to leadership.
You get visibility into ROI for completed ideas. You see how many ideas reached completion per strategic area. You track which teams contribute most actively to each goal. You monitor ideator participation across different parts of your organization.
Track What Leadership Wants to See
The dashboard shows progress toward each strategic goal. Export this data to your existing BI tools or download reports for board presentations. Filter views by business unit, department, or time period.
When executives ask what your innovation program has delivered, you have answers. When department leaders want to see their team's impact, the data is there. When you need to decide where to focus resources next, you have the pipeline visibility to make informed choices.
Ideanote turns innovation from a suggestion box into a strategic function with measurable outcomes.
How do I connect ideas to my company's strategic goals?
You add your strategic goals directly in Ideanote. Then you tag your idea collections to one or more of these goals. This creates a clear link between the ideas your teams submit and what your organization wants to achieve.
When you launch a new idea collection, you choose which strategic goal it supports. This ensures every idea has a purpose and ties back to what matters for your business.
Can I track ROI for implemented ideas?
Yes. You track ROI within the Innovation Goals feature. As ideas move through your workflow and get implemented, you record the return on investment for each completed idea.
The system lets you see ROI data per strategic goal, so you understand which areas of your innovation program deliver the most value. You view this data in your dashboard alongside other progress metrics.
How do I see which ideas are completed per strategic area?
The Innovation Goals dashboard shows you the number of completed ideas for each strategic goal. This gives you a clear view of where your innovation efforts produce results.
You filter by business unit, team, or time period to see completion rates across different parts of your organization. This helps you identify which strategic areas need more attention or resources.
Can I track team participation and activity per goal?
Yes. The feature shows you the number of ideators contributing to each strategic goal. You also see which teams are most active in specific goal areas.
This data helps you understand where engagement is strong and where you need to encourage more participation. You compare activity across departments, locations, or other groupings you set up in your workspace.
What reports can I show to executives?
You generate reports from the Innovation Goals dashboard that show ROI, completion rates, team activity, and progress toward strategic objectives. You download these insights for presentations or board meetings.
You also set role-based access controls, so executives see only the data relevant to their level. This means you prepare focused dashboards for leadership without giving them access to day-to-day operational details.
Can I see the entire innovation pipeline across all goals?
Yes. The dashboard gives you an overview of how many ideas sit in each phase of your workflow across all collections and goals. You see your innovation funnel from submission to completion.
This pipeline view helps you spot bottlenecks and understand where ideas slow down. You make better decisions about resource allocation when you see the full picture of your innovation progress.
Can I export goal and ROI data to other tools?
Yes. You export analytics and goal data from Ideanote into spreadsheet format or connect it to business intelligence tools like Power BI. This lets you integrate innovation metrics into your existing reporting systems.
Export options give you flexibility to analyze data further or combine it with other business metrics outside the platform.
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