Case Study: Large Energy Company achieves record employee engagement and safer operations with Planview IdeaPlace

Powering Safety Innovation Through Collective Intelligence

A large U.S. electric power holding company serving over 7 million customers needed a better way to surface safety improvements for field workers operating heavy machinery. The company’s traditional approach relied on the same 5–10 people at a whiteboard, yielding low participation (typically 10–20%), siloed thinking, and limited executive buy-in for new ideas.

By deploying Spigit’s ideation management software the company scaled ideation to roughly 400 employees, driving record engagement (80–90% participation in Gas Operations), nearly 100 ideas, and 1,000+ votes and hundreds of comments. About 75% of submissions aligned with the safety program and produced concrete outcomes—forming a dedicated work zone safety team, installing rumble strips, and launching training and anti-texting initiatives—that the company expects will reduce injuries and save lives.