As organizations continue to mobilize to combat the ongoing pandemic while also thrust into decentralized remote work environments, many have adopted new methodologies and technologies to more rapidly reallocate resources toward public health.
In the absence of face-to-face interaction, idea management and collaboration tools are critical for maintaining the type of outside-the-box dialogue that traditionally takes place in the form of whiteboards, Post-it Notes, and regular office engagements. This case study comic illustrates how NASA leveraged the IdeaScale idea management platform to crowdsource ideas from within its workforce of nearly 20,000 to help defeat the virus.