--- title: A Blog About Innovation Management, Data, and Creativity from Exaptive | innovation management software description: innovation management software | At Exaptive, our mission is more data-driven aha moments, and we believe community, interoperability, and data make them happen. Check out our blog for useful content about innovation management software, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and data science. --- [![exaptive logo](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/Marketing%20Repo/logos/site-logo.svg)](https://www.exaptive.com/) - [Exaptation](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptations) - Products - [Exaptive Studio](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptive-studio) - [Exaptive Cognitive City](https://www.exaptive.com/cognitive-city) - Use Cases - [Innovation Management](https://www.exaptive.com/innovation-management) - [Portfolio Management](https://www.exaptive.com/portfolio-management) - [Community Coordination](https://www.exaptive.com/community-coordinator) - [Free Trial](https://www.exaptive.com/trial) - [Log In](https://my.cognitive.city) # Blog [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/innovation-1.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software is Data-Driven, not Just Idea-Driven](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Jul 1, 2021 2:49:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Innovation relies on new perspective. We’ve found there are two ways to get that: [collaboration](https://www.exaptive.com/blog/share-your-work-to-innovate) and data. Either one can free our attention from the daily productivity push and spur an innovation. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/bee.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software Translates Between Teams](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Jan 15, 2020 1:59:42 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We’re all familiar with the way knowledge is siloed by organizational structures and the momentum of daily work. [Cross-pollination is key to innovation](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptations), but it goes against the current. So it’s hard, and the serendipity of chance conversations at the water cooler or a conference happy-hour often determines if it happens. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/ideas.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software Captures the Context of Ideas](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Dec 13, 2019 4:34:29 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Most innovation management software (a.k.a. innovation software) is focused on generating and curating ideas. Ideas are explicit. They’ve been articulated, inside your head at the very least. Implicit knowledge, the context of an idea, is where many big opportunities reside. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/grand-challenges.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-software-for-interdisciplinary-communities) ## [Innovation Management Software for Interdisciplinary Communities](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-software-for-interdisciplinary-communities) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Nov 15, 2019 4:42:33 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It’s hard to create effective interdisciplinary teams or facilitate useful interdisciplinary exchanges. Research grants are increasingly [calling for interdisciplinary collaboration](https://www.nature.com/news/how-to-solve-the-world-s-biggest-problems-1.18367) as a requirement for funding. Interdisciplinary endeavors are popping up in academic settings and research foundations. 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