Innovation Challenge Platform to Turn Ideas into Projects

When your last challenge ended with hundreds of ideas and zero outcomes…
It’s time to change the way you select and deliver innovation.

Yumana helps innovation managers select the ideas with the highest potential and follow them through to implementation, with transparency, engagement, and measurable ROI.

16% transformation rate from 500+ ideas posted at the French Ministry of Finance.

Ideas turned into funded, implemented projects.

500+

ideas posted

16%

transformation rate

Why innovation teams choose Yumana

AI Assistant features to refine innovation ideas with smart suggestions and automated content generation.

Higher-Quality Ideas

Empower every participant to express their best ideas, even those who aren’t expert writers.

Yumana’s AI-powered Idea Assistant supports them at every step: correcting phrasing, refining or summarizing content, challenging ideas, and suggesting inspiration when needed.

It transforms scattered thoughts into sharp, high-value ideas that shift the focus from quantity to quality.

Innovation Potential Index analysis with Darwin AI scoring KPIs for idea and project assessment.

Smarter, Faster Decisions

Evaluating hundreds of ideas shouldn’t feel overwhelming.

Yumana helps your team instantly spot patterns and focus on what truly matters. AI-assisted clustering groups similar ideas, while Darwin, our innovation scoring engine, highlights those with the greatest potential.

Together, they bring structure and speed to your evaluations, empowering more confident decision-making.

Collaborative ecosystem matching interface using skills radar to build the perfect innovation team.

From Ideas to Action

Turning great ideas into real projects starts with connecting them to the right people.

Yumana’s Team Builder automatically identifies the most relevant contributors based on their skills, experience, and interests, creating well-rounded teams ready to act.

This is where your transformation ratio begins to rise, when every selected idea finds the right talent, resources and business sponsors to move from concept to execution.

What our customers say

Yumana enabled us to engage 10,000 users worldwide and collect over 500 valuable ideas in our first global innovation challenge.

Nicolas Safis
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VP Innovation
& Group Innovation Director
Carrefour Group

We saw ideas surface from corners of the company we’d never tapped before, from warehouse floors to accounting teams. Yumana helped us uncover talent and insights we didn’t know we had.

Nicolas Docao
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Chief Strategy
& Innovation Officer
Hachette Livre

4,7/5

Capterra Best Ease of Use 2023 award badge in blue and light blue.

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Frequently asked questions

What is an innovation challenge and how does it address the needs of my Innovation Department?

An innovation challenge is a structured way to mobilize employees, partners, or customers around a clear business objective. It helps you solve the hardest part of innovation: scaling collective intelligence without losing focus.

It creates a transparent framework for collecting, evaluating, and transforming ideas into measurable outcomes. With Yumana, you can move from “we gathered ideas” to “we delivered value”, backed by clear KPIs and governance.

How does Yumana’s innovation platform facilitate the selection of ideas in my innovation challenge?

Selecting the right ideas is where most innovation challenges fail. Yumana provides a clear, transparent process for confident decision-making:

AI-powered clustering reduces noise and duplicates, so you focus on ideas with high innovation potential.
Custom scorecards align reviewers on strategic criteria, ensuring objectivity and consistency.
Traceable workflows make evaluation decisions visible to sponsors and participants.

Fewer meetings, faster outcomes, and decisions you can confidently present to management.

What features are available in Yumana to increase participant engagement rates?

Engagement is what determines the success of any innovation challenge. Yumana is designed to spark active participation and sustain momentum throughout the process:

Personalized challenge pages and clear progress indicators make it easy for participants to stay involved and see their impact.
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Gamification features reward contribution and collaboration. Users earn virtual currency for submitting ideas, commenting, or voting. They can then boost their voting power or redeem rewards in a virtual shop, driving both competition and community spirit.
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Interactive voting and feedback tools turn passive participants into active evaluators and champions of innovation.
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Transparent communication and recognition features highlight contributions and keep engagement high from launch to celebration.

With Yumana, engagement is built into the process to be transparent, motivating, and rewarding for every contributor.

What type of support does Yumana offer to design and effectively run an innovation challenge?

You don’t have to do it alone. Our Customer Success team partners with you from concept to execution, helping you define goals, modalities, and engagement tactics.

We bring proven best practices from hundreds of innovation challenges to avoid common pitfalls and ensure executive alignment.
We’re here to make your innovation initiative a success story. One that engages people, earns internal recognition, and proves real business value.

Can Yumana’s solution meet the needs of a SME’s and mid-sized companies?

Absolutely. Whether you’re building a new innovation culture or scaling an established program, Yumana adapts to your context.
Our modular platform grows with you. You can start simple with one challenge and expand to a full innovation ecosystem when ready.
For SMEs and mid-sized organizations, this means enterprise-grade innovation management without enterprise-level complexity or cost.

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