What is Sideways 6?
Engage your people, improve your organisation and build a culture of innovation quickly and simply, on Microsoft Teams, your Interact Intranet and more At Sideways 6, we understand the importance of engaging your employees to achieve business goals through ideas. But running ideas programs at scale can be difficult to execute with impact. That's why we've developed a solution that revolutionizes the way companies share, manage, and review employee ideas to drive business goals through a culture that puts employees at its core. Benefits include: resource efficiency (>$60M saved @ Balfour Beatty), productivity (155 new products from ideas @ Nestlé) and engagement (16% increase @ DXC)
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89 Likeliness to Recommend
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92 Plan to Renew
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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+88 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Sideways 6?
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Respectful
- Generous Negotitation
- Transparent
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Feature Ratings
Idea Capture
Idea Funnel
Role-Based Access
Social Collaboration
Application Integration
Mobile
Advanced Search and Filtering
Idea Approval Workflow
Idea Scoring / Evaluation
Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting
Notifications
Vendor Capability Ratings
Vendor Support
Ease of Implementation
Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Breadth of Features
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Business Value Created
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Customization
Ease of Data Integration
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Sideways 6 Reviews
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Transportation
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Feb 2024
Fantastic platform that really helps you connect
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Feb 2024
An innovation enabler!
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Trustworthy
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
Cons
- Vendor's Interest First
- Under Delivered
Oli K.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2024
The System behind Systematic Innovation Management
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What differentiates Sideways 6 from other similar products?
Unfamiliar with many other solutions. Holds years of business data and has functionality in line with expectations for enabling innovation.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Customisability within a Campaign
What do you dislike most about this product?
Large org - difficult to move information across Campaigns. Significantly reduces momentum for innovation processes.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
To what extent can innovation in their business follow existing processes, or will processes need to be updated around the system. Updating processes will cause friction in their innovation efforts.
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Caring
- Respectful
- Client Friendly Policies
Cons
- Commodity Features
- Inhibits Innovation
- Less Inspiring