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A computer-implemented method for providing a graphical representation of a plurality of items in a collaborative innovation environment, the method comprising: initiating a collaborative innovation process with a seed item wherein the seed item includes an idea, a question, an opinion or a statement for which a result is sought, and innovating one or more idea items directly or indirectly in response to the seed item to determine the result for the seed item based on the one or more idea items in the collaborative innovation process, wherein the seed item and the one or more idea items comprise a plurality of items; providing, by a processor to a device of a user, a list of a plurality of seed items in a graphical user interface; providing, by the processor to the device of the user in the graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the plurality of items including a seed item selected by the user from the plurality of seed items and one or more idea items innovated in response to the selected seed item, each item of the plurality of items having an association with at least one other item in the graphical representation, wherein each item of the plurality of items is represented by a shape and the association of each item with the at least one other item is represented by a line between each shape representing each item and each shape representing the at least one other item, wherein the line between each shape representing each item and each shape representing the at least one other item identifies whether the item is an idea item that was innovated from the at least one other item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a first metric of the plurality of items with a size of each shape representing each respective item, wherein the size of each shape is based on a first value of the first metric of each respective item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a second metric of the plurality of items with a color of each shape representing each respective item, wherein the color of each shape is based on a second value of the second metric of each respective item; transforming, by the processor, the graphical representation of the plurality of items such that the size of each shape representing each respective item is based on the first value of the first metric of each respective item and the color of each shape representing each respective item is based on the second value of the second metric of each respective item; transforming, by the processor, the plurality of items into a textual outline representation of the plurality of items; providing, by the processor to the device of the user, the transformed graphical representation and the textual outline representation of the plurality of items in the graphical user interface, wherein the transformed graphical representation of the plurality of items and the textual outline representation of the plurality of items are simultaneously displayed on the device of the user in a graphical representation display area and a textual outline display area respectively, wherein the graphical representation display area and the textual outline display area are each a responsive display area to each other; responsively, reflecting actions performed in either the graphical representation display area or the textual outline display area in the responsive display area of the other, including: creating an item innovated from one of the plurality of items in the responsive display area of the other in instances when one of the plurality of items is selected and when a selection is received from a user selection made in either the graphical representation display area or the textual outline display area; and receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to search through a set of idea items of the plurality of items based on a characteristic of an idea item, wherein the set of idea items to be searched based on the characteristic is determined based on a user selection that indicates whether to search all of the one or more idea items or to search only a subset of the one or more idea items that have received a specified rating; moving a user-selected one item of the plurality of items having an association with the at least one other item in the graphical representation to a user-selected destination by: disassociating the user-selected one item of the plurality of items from an item it was innovated from; associating the user-selected one item of the plurality of items with another item based on user input; providing by the processor to the device of the user a preview for display of the graphical representation including the moved user-selected one item of the plurality of items to the destination item; and allowing the user to cancel or confirm the move of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items; wherein in response to a click of a move descendants button in a user interface by the user, including the descendants of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items in the moving of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items to the user-selected destination, and including the descendants of the moved user-selected one item of the plurality of items in the preview for display of the graphical representation; in response to a click of a like it button or a click of a don't like it button in the graphical user interface, entering a rating of a selected item in the graphical user interface; in response to a click of an enhance button in the graphical user interface allowing a user to create an item enhancing a selected item in the graphical user interface; in response to a click of an edit button in the graphical user interface allowing a user to edit a selected item in the graphical user interface; and in response to a click of a delete button in the graphical user interface deleting a selected item in the graphical user interface; wherein the graphical user interface includes the like it button, the don't like it button, the enhance button, the edit button and the delete button.
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A computer-implemented method for providing a graphical representation of a plurality of items in a collaborative innovation environment, the method comprising: initiating a collaborative innovation process with a seed item wherein the seed item includes an idea, a question, an opinion or a statement for which a result is sought, and innovating one or more idea items directly or indirectly in response to the seed item to determine the result for the seed item based on the one or more idea items in the collaborative innovation process, wherein the seed item and the one or more idea items comprise a plurality of items; providing, by a processor to a device of a user, a list of a plurality of seed items in a graphical user interface; providing, by the processor to the device of the user in the graphical user interface, a graphical representation of the plurality of items including a seed item selected by the user from the plurality of seed items and one or more idea items innovated in response to the selected seed item, each item of the plurality of items having an association with at least one other item in the graphical representation, wherein each item of the plurality of items is represented by a shape and the association of each item with the at least one other item is represented by a line between each shape representing each item and each shape representing the at least one other item, wherein the line between each shape representing each item and each shape representing the at least one other item identifies whether the item is an idea item that was innovated from the at least one other item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a first metric of the plurality of items with a size of each shape representing each respective item, wherein the size of each shape is based on a first value of the first metric of each respective item; receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to associate a second metric of the plurality of items with a color of each shape representing each respective item, wherein the color of each shape is based on a second value of the second metric of each respective item; transforming, by the processor, the graphical representation of the plurality of items such that the size of each shape representing each respective item is based on the first value of the first metric of each respective item and the color of each shape representing each respective item is based on the second value of the second metric of each respective item; transforming, by the processor, the plurality of items into a textual outline representation of the plurality of items; providing, by the processor to the device of the user, the transformed graphical representation and the textual outline representation of the plurality of items in the graphical user interface, wherein the transformed graphical representation of the plurality of items and the textual outline representation of the plurality of items are simultaneously displayed on the device of the user in a graphical representation display area and a textual outline display area respectively, wherein the graphical representation display area and the textual outline display area are each a responsive display area to each other; responsively, reflecting actions performed in either the graphical representation display area or the textual outline display area in the responsive display area of the other, including: creating an item innovated from one of the plurality of items in the responsive display area of the other in instances when one of the plurality of items is selected and when a selection is received from a user selection made in either the graphical representation display area or the textual outline display area; and receiving, by the processor from the device of the user, a request to search through a set of idea items of the plurality of items based on a characteristic of an idea item, wherein the set of idea items to be searched based on the characteristic is determined based on a user selection that indicates whether to search all of the one or more idea items or to search only a subset of the one or more idea items that have received a specified rating; moving a user-selected one item of the plurality of items having an association with the at least one other item in the graphical representation to a user-selected destination by: disassociating the user-selected one item of the plurality of items from an item it was innovated from; associating the user-selected one item of the plurality of items with another item based on user input; providing by the processor to the device of the user a preview for display of the graphical representation including the moved user-selected one item of the plurality of items to the destination item; and allowing the user to cancel or confirm the move of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items; wherein in response to a click of a move descendants button in a user interface by the user, including the descendants of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items in the moving of the user-selected one item of the plurality of items to the user-selected destination, and including the descendants of the moved user-selected one item of the plurality of items in the preview for display of the graphical representation; in response to a click of a like it button or a click of a don't like it button in the graphical user interface, entering a rating of a selected item in the graphical user interface; in response to a click of an enhance button in the graphical user interface allowing a user to create an item enhancing a selected item in the graphical user interface; in response to a click of an edit button in the graphical user interface allowing a user to edit a selected item in the graphical user interface; and in response to a click of a delete button in the graphical user interface deleting a selected item in the graphical user interface; wherein the graphical user interface includes the like it button, the don't like it button, the enhance button, the edit button and the delete button. 9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the first metric comprises at least one of a number of views of each item, an age of each item, a status of each item, a rating of each item, a number of times each items was shared, a number of total votes each item received, a geographic location of a user who provided the each item, or a department the user who provided each item belongs to.