Simply Do

SimplyDo is a platform offered by Simply Do Ideas Limited that aims to facilitate the capture, evaluation, and implementation of innovative ideas. The product claims to bring together individuals and organizations to solve complex challenges and drive positive change. According to the vendor, SimplyDo offers customizable features that cater to businesses of all sizes across various professions and industries, including healthcare, housing, defense, education, and the voluntary sector.

Key Features

Create Innovation Challenges: SimplyDo provides a customizable challenge-led process that aims to unlock innovation from both internal and external stakeholders. The platform claims to engage employees in delivering impactful ideas and reduce administrative burden for managing R&D open innovation funding awards. Additionally, it claims to help organizations solve supply chain challenges by accessing products and services from global, national, or local suppliers.

Engage Targeted Audiences: According to the vendor, SimplyDo allows organizations to conduct guided 'hack' sessions to engage both internal and external target audiences. It claims to offer customization options for challenge web pages and response formats, enabling challenges to be aligned with strategic objectives for better engagement. Moreover, the platform claims to provide AI-powered tools to identify and recruit pre-qualified innovators from external sources.

Capture Great Ideas: SimplyDo claims to provide an intuitive and secure idea submission process. Users can choose to keep their ideas 100% private or shared. The platform is accessible via web browsers, mobile apps, or Microsoft Teams, providing flexibility for idea submission. According to the vendor, real-time user collaboration and progress saving are supported, particularly useful for complex idea submissions. Additionally, users can easily track the progress and completion stage of their ideas.

Evaluate & Manage Ideas: SimplyDo offers in-product tools that aim to filter and sort submitted ideas, making it easier to manage the evaluation process. It claims to allow organizations to allocate and track virtual assessments based on a custom scoring framework. The platform also provides Kanban-inspired project management boards to assign owners and track the progress of ideas.

Measure Activity & Impact: According to the vendor, SimplyDo provides comprehensive reporting capabilities, offering both at-a-glance and detailed reports. Users can create custom dashboards and export reports as PDFs or CSV files. The platform includes ROI tools to measure potential impact, revenue growth, efficiency savings, and other metrics. Additionally, it claims to seamlessly integrate with tools like Office365 and PowerBI for seamless data analysis.