{"id":13331,"date":"2020-04-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=13331"},"modified":"2020-04-01T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:43:21","slug":"crowdsourcing-software-driving-virtual-workplace-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/crowdsourcing-software-driving-virtual-workplace-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourcing Software: Driving Virtual Workplace Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Researchers toda<\/span>y<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>anticipate<\/span>\u00a0a dramatic increase in employees working from home\u00a0<\/span>starting in<\/span> the next two years \u2014 a trend tha<\/span>t wil<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>likely acc<\/span>elera<\/span>te<\/span> given recent global events. With the shift towards remote work comes the <\/span>need\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span> organizations to<\/span> engage their employees in different ways. A variety of tools<\/span>, such as video conferencing, communications, and crowdsourcing software,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>exist to address some of these needs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tools such as email, text, Yammer, and Slack satisfy one-to-one and one-to-several asynchronous communications. Video conferencing, through platforms such as Zoom, Skype, <\/span>Webex<\/span>, and Google Hangouts, have enabled the human connection in meetings.<\/span> When it comes to innovation, organizations should turn to purpose-built crowdsourcing software. This helps provide<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>business value through their innovation initiatives. It also<\/span> creates new levels of engagement with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>broader and more diverse set of participants.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those responsible for driving innovation within a department or business unit, or across the entire organization, often rely upon in-person sessions to\u00a0<\/span>identify<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>validate<\/span> key business problems and generate and prioritize ideas to solve those problems. <\/span>You<\/span>\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>probably famil<\/span>iar<\/span>\u00a0with the concept<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 you know, the room with all the colorful sticky notes papering the wall? Those in<\/span>–<\/span>perso<\/span>n<\/span>\u00a0se<\/span>ssions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>won’t<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>likely be<\/span>\u00a0happening again any time soon, but companies cannot let current circumstances slow down their drive for innovation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Innovation teams looking for a virtual equivalent of these sessions need look no further than crowdsourcing software. These tools wi<\/span>l<\/span>l not o<\/span>n<\/span>l<\/span>y help<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>m<\/span>aintai<\/span>n<\/span>\u00a0your innovation cycles, but also create new value in three important ways:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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