Idea Connection Systems was founded in 1988. Our beginnings come from an intense desire to bring a clearer understanding of innovation systems to organizations. Central to understanding innovation and its impact on any organization is to truly understand and embrace all people within an organization and to fully leverage and integrate all the unrealized potential talent latent in the organization.

The Double Bottom Line
We are all familiar with the “first” bottom line which we call profit. Businesses create profits that are then used to create more new business and new jobs. Profits can be invested in the community to create “social capital” through our civic, educational and religious institutions.

Social Capital is the “second” bottom line, which is funded by business and philanthropy. Social capital can be defined as community connectedness, a network or a web of trusting relationships in a community that make it possible for everyone to gain access to new opportunities to participate in the business enterprises that provide jobs and create new wealth.

Both forms of capital – financial and social – feed each other to build profitable businesses and vibrant communities.

Click the image to the right to see a short presentation showing The Double Bottom Line in action.



Our Partnerships:
We believe that to help our clients be successful that Idea Connections must behave as partners in our client’s business. This requires that we take: Have personal ownership in the program Have a personal relationship with our clients based on mutual trust and respect

Our Starting Point: Make the Invisible … Visible
The invisible drivers within the organization provide the keys to leveraging (or deleveraging) the organization … without understanding these drivers, the present cannot be adequately defined:

It's the Invisible that Sinks you

Core Values

Core Purpose

Vision