For corporate innovation leaders navigating complexity, alignment challenges, and constant pressure to deliver — the right tools make all the difference.
So we’ve done the curation for you.

From early alignment to full-scale delivery, this is the Innovation Toolbox: the go-to platforms used by the teams building the future inside big organisations.
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Where it all begins: Research, Knowledge Sharing & Communication

Before innovation takes off, it needs structure. These tools help teams create clarity, document decisions, and keep everyone on the same page. 

• Notion – An all-in-one productivity platform to help teams organise ideas and workflows seamlessly.
• Slack – Where messages and team comms fly faster than corporate email chains.
• Zoom – For the essential face-time with distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Microsoft Teams – The all-in-one hub for calls, chat, and collaboration.
• Perplexity – AI-powered search that surfaces useful answers, not just links. 

Collaboration Mode: Workshops, Co-Creation & Feedback

Co-creation is at the heart of innovation, but in large organisations, that often means navigating busy calendars, async feedback, and hybrid workshops. These tools make that possible. 

• Miro – Collaborative whiteboards for workshops, frameworks, and idea mapping.
• Mural – Sticky-note style co-creation with enterprise features.
• Figma – For creating, prototyping and designing together without fighting over the mouse.
• Jira –  Built for agile teams, Jira helps track progress and turn ideas into deliverables.
• Aha! – Product roadmapping and planning, linked to real goals.
• Innosabi – Supports innovation from early discovery to large-scale rollout.
• Canva – A design platform that lets anyone create professional-quality visuals. 

From Ideas to Action: AI, Prioritisation & Project Delivery

Once ideas are flowing, the real challenge begins: prioritising, managing, and delivering them in complex environments. These are the platforms that make that possible. 

• ChatGPT – Your AI assistant for research, drafting, and creative thinking.(with no lunch breaks).

• Airtable – Lightweight databases to manage pilots, pipelines, or vendor mapping.

• Monday.com – Visual, intuitive project management for cross-functional teams.

• Trello – Simple Kanban boards for teams who value speed and clarity.

• Brightidea – Innovation tracking that proves your worth.

• Wazoku – Drive innovation across ecosystems with clear ROI.

• Qmarkets – Run innovation challenges and manage pipelines at scale.

• InnovationCast – From idea submission to execution, all in one.
• Ideanote – Capture, evaluate, and act on ideas from across your org.

• ITONICS –  Comprehensive innovation OS with trend, tech, and portfolio tools.

• HYPE Innovation – Plan, prioritise, and scale innovation programmes globally.

• Planview – Strategic portfolio management meets agile execution.

• IdeaScale – Crowdsourced innovation with built-in governance tools.

Feeling overloaded? You’re not alone. Innovation inside large organisations is complex.

We help cut through the noise, sourcing the right tools, startups, and strategies to help corporates move faster and deliver more impact.

(Bonus: we’ve even built our own AI-powered tool to speed things up.)

Curious? Drop Neal a line → neal.tantisukrit@cocubed.com