Swarm Vision Customer Input Survey

Thank you for completing this short survey. It's just 14 questions (+ name and company) and takes about 8 minutes to complete. The survey will help us optimize Swarm Vision's products and customer experience.

Why take the survey? You can be one of 5 companies randomly selected and receive 100 free licenses to the Swarm Innovation Profiler, worth thousands of dollars. And your answers will be kept 100% confidential!

If you are not familiar with how Swarm works, please view this overview and video, then dive into the short survey. We really appreciate it!

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* 1. To what degree is this statement relevant at your company:

“You’re charged with driving innovation internally, with a workforce what wasn’t hired for that.”

Very relevant

Somewhat relevant

Neutral

Somewhat irrelevant

Not at all relevant

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* 2. How do you identify people for innovation initiatives now at your company? (Choose as many answers as apply.)

Observation/judgement

Functional skills (e.g. IT, marketing, sales, finance)

Personality assessments

Internal crowdsourcing

Look for signs of creativity

We don’t know how to identify innovation talent

Leadership assessments

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If you had a reliable way to identify/predict innovation talent in your workforce, how likely would you be to use it?

Very likely

Pretty likely

Possibly

Not very likely

Not at all likely

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* 4. What are the barriers to using a predictive tool like Swarm to identify innovation talent in your workforce? (Choose as many answers as apply.)

I don’t have the authority to mandate such an assessment.

Difficulty moving people to innovation assignments/freeing up their time for innovation

Concerns about learning some of our workforce is not innovative.

Concern that employees might feel bad if they learn they are not very innovative.

There isn’t enough support from the C-suite for innovation.

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, what would you expect to pay per license (a license is for one employee to take the Profiler)?

< $10

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

$70

$80

$90

$100

> $100

Other (please specify)

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* 6. At what price would you consider the Swarm Innovation Profiler too cheap, and question its quality? At what price would you consider it too expensive? (Please select one price point per column.)

	Too cheap (question the quality)	Too expensive
< $10	< $10 Too cheap (question the quality)	< $10 Too expensive
$10	$10 Too cheap (question the quality)	$10 Too expensive
$20	$20 Too cheap (question the quality)	$20 Too expensive
$30	$30 Too cheap (question the quality)	$30 Too expensive
$40	$40 Too cheap (question the quality)	$40 Too expensive
$50	$50 Too cheap (question the quality)	$50 Too expensive
$60	$60 Too cheap (question the quality)	$60 Too expensive
$70	$70 Too cheap (question the quality)	$70 Too expensive
$80	$80 Too cheap (question the quality)	$80 Too expensive
$90	$90 Too cheap (question the quality)	$90 Too expensive
$100	$100 Too cheap (question the quality)	$100 Too expensive
> $100	> $100 Too cheap (question the quality)	> $100 Too expensive

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* 7. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, what is your preferred pricing model?

A tiered volume-based structure, with a lower fee per license the more licenses you buy.

A flat fee per single license, and separate fee for dashboard access

A flat annual fee for a bundle of licenses and dashboard access.

A tiered subscription structure, with more licenses and more dashboard features the higher subscription level you buy.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, how many licenses would you probably purchase initially?

< 50

50-99

100-249

250-499

500-749

750-1000

> 1000

Other (please specify)

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* 9. If your company is randomly selected to receive 100 free licenses to the Swarm Innovation Profiler, how will you most likely use them? (Select up to 3 uses.)

Assess candidates pre-hire

Form innovation capability team

Drive more innovation in specific region(s), business unit(s) or function(s)

Identify high potentials who can lead in change

Form stronger teams

Raise awareness of the innovation skills that lead to business results

Drive a culture of innovation

Other (please specify)

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* 10. After an initial trial, how likely are you to purchase more Swarm Vision licenses in subsequent quarter or years, for needs such as:

	Not at all/not very likely	Somewhat likely	Very/extremely likely
Hiring more innovators	Hiring more innovators Not at all/not very likely	Hiring more innovators Somewhat likely	Hiring more innovators Very/extremely likely
Profiling additional regions	Profiling additional regions Not at all/not very likely	Profiling additional regions Somewhat likely	Profiling additional regions Very/extremely likely
Annual benchmarking to measure change	Annual benchmarking to measure change Not at all/not very likely	Annual benchmarking to measure change Somewhat likely	Annual benchmarking to measure change Very/extremely likely
Profiling additional functions	Profiling additional functions Not at all/not very likely	Profiling additional functions Somewhat likely	Profiling additional functions Very/extremely likely
Profiling additional business units	Profiling additional business units Not at all/not very likely	Profiling additional business units Somewhat likely	Profiling additional business units Very/extremely likely
Identify "ambidextrous leaders"	Identify "ambidextrous leaders" Not at all/not very likely	Identify "ambidextrous leaders" Somewhat likely	Identify "ambidextrous leaders" Very/extremely likely
Identify high potentials to lead in change	Identify high potentials to lead in change Not at all/not very likely	Identify high potentials to lead in change Somewhat likely	Identify high potentials to lead in change Very/extremely likely
Re-profile employees after innovation training	Re-profile employees after innovation training Not at all/not very likely	Re-profile employees after innovation training Somewhat likely	Re-profile employees after innovation training Very/extremely likely

Other (please specify)

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* 11. The Swarm dashboard shows you graphs of your company’s innovation talent. Which views of your company's innovation talent would you find MOST useful? (Choose up to 3 answers).

List of employees ranked by innovation score

List of employees by innovation horizon (e.g. incremental to disruptive innovation talent)

Innovation scores by location

Innovation scores by business unit

Innovation scores by function

Team innovation scores

Innovation scores by hiring date

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Who at your company would be involved in approving Swarm Vision?

	Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	Not involved
Innovation capability	Innovation capability Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	Innovation capability Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	Innovation capability Not involved
Legal	Legal Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	Legal Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	Legal Not involved
HR	HR Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	HR Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	HR Not involved
IT	IT Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	IT Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	IT Not involved
Business unit leader	Business unit leader Decision-maker (has authority and budget)	Business unit leader Gatekeeper (advises and consents)	Business unit leader Not involved

Other (please specify)

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* 13. In your own words, what would you most like to see improved about Swarm Vision?

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* 14. In your own words, what are the most important benefits of Swarm Vision for a company like yours?

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* 15. Please tell us about yourself:

Your name

Your business email

Your title

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* 16. Please tell us about your company:

Industry sector

Size (approx. annual revenue in $)

Approx. number of employees

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* 1. To what degree is this statement relevant at your company: “You’re charged with driving innovation internally, with a workforce what wasn’t hired for that.”

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* 2. How do you identify people for innovation initiatives now at your company? (Choose as many answers as apply.)

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* 3. If you had a reliable way to identify/predict innovation talent in your workforce, how likely would you be to use it?

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* 4. What are the barriers to using a predictive tool like Swarm to identify innovation talent in your workforce? (Choose as many answers as apply.)

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* 5. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, what would you expect to pay per license (a license is for one employee to take the Profiler)?

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* 6. At what price would you consider the Swarm Innovation Profiler too cheap, and question its quality? At what price would you consider it too expensive? (Please select one price point per column.)

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* 7. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, what is your preferred pricing model?

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* 8. If you were to use Swarm Vision to identify innovation talent in your workforce, how many licenses would you probably purchase initially?

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* 9. If your company is randomly selected to receive 100 free licenses to the Swarm Innovation Profiler, how will you most likely use them? (Select up to 3 uses.)

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* 10. After an initial trial, how likely are you to purchase more Swarm Vision licenses in subsequent quarter or years, for needs such as:

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* 11. The Swarm dashboard shows you graphs of your company’s innovation talent. Which views of your company's innovation talent would you find MOST useful? (Choose up to 3 answers).

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* 12. Who at your company would be involved in approving Swarm Vision?

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* 13. In your own words, what would you most like to see improved about Swarm Vision?

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* 14. In your own words, what are the most important benefits of Swarm Vision for a company like yours?

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* 15. Please tell us about yourself:

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* 16. Please tell us about your company:

* 1. To what degree is this statement relevant at your company:

“You’re charged with driving innovation internally, with a workforce what wasn’t hired for that.”