Ideash

Ideash is a term used to describe a collection or management system for ideas within a group or organization. The word blends "idea" with "stash" or "share," and appears in discussions of ideation, knowledge management, and open innovation. It is not the name of a single universal technology; rather, ideash describes a concept that can be realized through various tools and practices.

In practice, an ideash may be a digital repository, a board in a project management or collaboration platform, or a curated notebook of proposals. It supports capturing ideas in raw form during brainstorming sessions, then organizing them by tags, topics, or strategic themes. Features commonly associated with ideash implementations include collaboration comments, lightweight voting or scoring, status tracking (proposed, under review, accepted, rejected), and the ability to attach documents or links.

Ideash items typically include fields such as title, description, owner or proposer, supporting materials, tags, potential impact, required resources, and evaluation criteria. Governance rules determine who can add, edit, comment, or advance ideas, and how ideas move through stages of review, refinement, and selection. In many organizations, ideash is part of a broader idea-management or innovation process that connects idea capture to project funding or development portfolios.

The term is used across business, education, and research contexts, but it lacks a single formal definition or standard implementation. As such, it is often used informally to describe any repository or workflow for collecting and assessing ideas. Related concepts include idea management, brainstorming, open innovation, and crowdsourcing.