Structuring E-Brainstorming to Better Support Innovation Processes

Innovation is a key instrument to start a transformational process based on collaboration. It is fundamental for organisations and institutions to have well defined strategies. In this context, brainstorming sessions — and e-brainstorming tools — are effective techniques to put together and associate draft ideas. Yet, in many cases, those ideas and associations do not leave enough digital footprints, are no further used or are lost. This paper introduces the use of Social and Semantic Web technologies to support e-brainstorming. In particular, we present a lightweight ontology to structure ebrainstorming sessions, and the enrichment of existing e-brainstorming tools to do so.