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Idea management software
for Microsoft Teams

No logins. No training. No new tech. 
The best employee ideas platform for companies using Teams

 

 

Your ideas will be in good company

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How does the Sideways 6 Ideas App for Microsoft Teams work?

THE FRONT-END

Employees engage on Microsoft Teams

Employees share and collaborate on ideas, respond to challenges and receive updates on the Ideas app for Microsoft Teams

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THE BACK-END

Everything you need

Manage, review and shortlist 
those ideas with Sideways 6's
idea management platform

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The App

Create a new 
home for ideas

Provide a dedicated space for everyone in your organization to share their ideas.

Brand your app, pin it to the Teams sidebar and cement a culture of employee ideas.

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Capture

Get the ideas   
you really want

Find the best solutions to your biggest challenges.

Provide clear criteria and guide employees to share the types of ideas that are likely to succeed.  

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Collaborate

Develop ideas 
together

Bring employees together to turn ideas from good to great.

Allow the magic to happen as employees like, comment and collaborate around ideas. 

CASE STUDY

Marks & Spencer
'Suggest to Steve'

How M&S gets 70% more employee ideas
with Sideways 6 and Microsoft Teams

Read the story
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Communicate

Keep your people
in the loop

Save time with automated messages and simple tracking.

Celebrate milestones, gamify the process and update employees at every stage of the journey.

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Source ideas from outside of Teams

Teams or no Teams, get ideas from wherever employees work. 

Capture ideas through Viva Engage, Workplace, online forms or email and sync them into Teams. 

All this, plus the power of Sideways 6
to bring your best ideas to life

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Manage ideas
automagically

Qualify, categorise and progress ideas through your pipeline with automation rules.

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Reveal your
best ideas

Combine crowd and expert review to uncover the ideas with the highest potential.

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Measure your
performance

Identify trends, calculate the value of ideas and create custom reports to prove ROI.

AS SEEN ON TV

Bertie's Big Idea

We wanted to create an employee ideas app for Teams that was so simple, even a dog could use it... 

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What Customers Say

The value of what we achieved with the help of Sideways 6 cannot be understated — it’s priceless.
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AstraZeneca

       
Users

4.1 M

Employees Reached

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600 K

IDEAS SHARED

Money Bag

$250 M

Business Impact

Microsoft Teams Resources

Learn how to make Teams a home for ideas and collaboration.

Guide

The ultimate guide to idea management on Teams

Read the guide

WEBINAR

Microsoft Teams and the Future of Ideas

Watch the webinar

Article

How to run an employee ideas campaign on Teams

Read the article

Get in touch 👋🏽

Talk to our team and learn how you can bring ideas to life with Microsoft Teams and Sideways 6