--- title: What Is Idea Harvest™? Method, Benefits & Tell Jules | Tell Jules description: Learn how Idea Harvest™ uncovers employee ideas to cut costs, grow revenue, and improve operations. See how Tell Jules makes the first step faster. image: https://www.telljules.ai/hubfs/Jules%20Vertical%20Logo.svg --- [Skip to content](https://www.telljules.ai/idea-harvest#main-content) - About Tell Jules - [Why Tell Jules Why leaders choose Jules to improve operations and protect margins](https://www.telljules.ai/why-tell-jules) - [How Tell Jules Works See the problems and fixes your people already know](https://www.telljules.ai/how-it-works) - [Idea Harvest™ See why this operations method has worked for almost three decades](https://www.telljules.ai/idea-harvest) - Use Cases - [Operational Visibility See the problems your reports never show you](https://www.telljules.ai/use-case/operational-visibility) - [Continuous Improvement Keep the improvement pipeline full between events](https://www.telljules.ai/use-case/continuous-improvement-pipeline) - [Operational Efficiency Find the quiet waste that's adding up](https://www.telljules.ai/use-case/operational-efficiency) - Industries - [Franchises Spread what your best location already figured out](https://www.telljules.ai/industry/franchises) - [Retail Hear what your store teams see every day](https://www.telljules.ai/industry/retail) - [Manufacturing Catch the floor problems your reports miss](https://www.telljules.ai/industry/manufacturing) - [Financial Services Hear the ideas that could lower operating costs](https://www.telljules.ai/industry/financial-services) - [QSR & Restaurant Chains Find the waste and slowdowns your crews know how to fix](https://www.telljules.ai/industry/qsr) - Resources - [Blog Get practical ideas for closing your operational visibility gap](https://www.telljules.ai/blog) - [Guides Free frameworks, templates, and tips you can put to work today](https://www.telljules.ai/resources/guides) - Company - [About Us The team and story behind Tell Jules](https://www.telljules.ai/about-us) - [FAQ Quick answers to how Tell Jules works](https://www.telljules.ai/faq) [Book a conversation](https://www.telljules.ai/book-a-call?hsLang=en) The method behind Tell Jules # What is an Idea Harvest™? Your employees see problems costing your business money every day. They often have ideas to fix them, too. But how much of that knowledge actually reaches you? Idea Harvest™ is a method developed by Harvest Earnings to uncover employee problems and ideas, find which ones could save or make the most money, and help companies turn them into results. For almost three decades, the method has helped major companies find the problems and ideas hiding inside their own operations. ![Tell Jules](https://www.telljules.ai/hubfs/Jules%20Vertical%20Logo.png) Now, Tell Jules makes the first step, hearing what your employees know, faster and easier, and available through a tool you can run on your own. [Start your free trial of Tell Jules](https://www.telljules.ai/book-a-call?hsLang=en) Free for two weeks, one team of up to 25 employees, no commitment. The people behind Idea Harvest™ ## Almost three decades of improving operations inside major companies Jeremy Eden and Terri Long developed Idea Harvest™ through nearly 30 years of work with Fortune 1000 companies at Harvest Earnings. They saw that employees often knew where money was being wasted and how to fix it, but their ideas rarely reached leadership. So they built a method to uncover those ideas, identify the most valuable ones, and help companies act on them. Today, they've brought the first stage of that method into Tell Jules, a platform that makes it faster and easier for companies to hear from their employees. - Almost three decades improving operations inside major companies - Boardroom to mailroom hearing from employees at every level - Thousands of ideas uncovered through Idea Harvest™ engagements > “The people who really know how to improve a company are the ones already working inside it, not the experts brought in to analyze them.” Jeremy Eden Co-CEO, Harvest Earnings & Tell Jules Their approach is also documented in the bestselling book [*Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits*](https://www.harvestearnings.com/lowhangingfruit). How Idea Harvest™ works ## How does an Idea Harvest™ turn employee ideas into business results? An Idea Harvest™ starts by asking employees what slows them down, what keeps going wrong, and what they'd change. These questions uncover problems and ideas that might never come up if you simply asked people for suggestions. Harvest Earnings runs the full engagement together with your team, across three stages over about 100 days. 1. 1 About 40 days ### Generate Pure idea gathering. Outreach to the people closest to the work, building the fullest possible idea list. No analysis, no recommending yet. Led by Harvest Earnings, with your people 2. 2 About 40 days ### Evaluate Evaluating those ideas, working out financial benefits and non-financial consequences. Your experts size it, Harvest Earnings guides 3. 3 About 20 days ### Decide Finalizing which ideas meet the “good idea” criteria, recommending them, and getting approval plus funding at the third steering committee. Your executive team makes the call The full method takes about 100 days to move from gathering employee ideas to a decision made: ideas approved, valued down to the penny, funded, and assigned to owners. What an Idea Harvest™ can uncover ## Three ways an Idea Harvest™ helps you save money and grow Some of your best ways to cut cost, grow revenue, and keep customers are already known by your employees. Here's what an Idea Harvest™ helps surface. - ### Cut cost by finding waste employees already see Your employees know where time, materials, and money are being wasted. Idea Harvest™ helps you find and eliminate that waste, so you can lower costs without cutting work your business needs. - ### Grow revenue with ideas you might never hear otherwise Your employees often see opportunities to grow revenue that never reach the right people. Idea Harvest™ brings those ideas to leadership, so you can find new ways to make money and act on opportunities you might otherwise miss. - ### Keep customers by fixing what frustrates them Your customer-facing employees know what frustrates customers and causes them to leave. Idea Harvest™ helps you uncover and fix those problems, so you can reduce lost sales and keep more customers. [See the results Harvest Earnings has produced](https://www.telljules.ai/idea-harvest/results?hsLang=en) Who an Idea Harvest™ is for ## Who can benefit from an Idea Harvest™? As companies grow, it becomes harder for leadership to know what's happening across departments, locations, and teams. Your employees often know why processes fail, customers leave, or money gets wasted. But their ideas may never reach the people who can act on them. Idea Harvest™ helps uncover that knowledge so you can find and fix problems costing your business money. Harvest Earnings has used the method with Fortune 1000 companies. Now, Tell Jules makes the employee-listening approach accessible to companies of different sizes, without a full Idea Harvest™ engagement. How an Idea Harvest™ evaluates ideas ## The value comes from choosing the ideas worth acting on In a full Idea Harvest™, Harvest Earnings guides your team through the evaluation process, providing the method, software, and support to keep things moving. Your steering committee makes the final decisions. Before approving an idea, your team checks it against five criteria: 1. ### 1. Will it save or make money? The idea must have a clear financial benefit. 2. ### 2. Will it protect the customer experience? Service must stay the same or improve. 3. ### 3. Will it keep business risk low? The change should add little or no risk. 4. ### 4. Will the investment pay back quickly? Any upfront cost should have a short payback period. 5. ### 5. Do the affected teams agree? Everyone involved must support the change. This helps your leadership focus time and money on the ideas worth pursuing, with Harvest Earnings guiding the process from evaluation through approval. ## Where does Tell Jules fit into this process? Tell Jules handles the first stage of an Idea Harvest™: gathering employee problems and ideas faster and at a much larger scale than manual interviews. You can use Tell Jules independently, without hiring Harvest Earnings or committing to the full 100-day Idea Harvest™ process. [See how Tell Jules works](https://www.telljules.ai/how-it-works?hsLang=en) 1. Employees share their problems and ideas in short conversations by phone or chat. 2. As they participate, everything appears in one sortable report, including suggested fixes, what to analyze to estimate financial impact, risks to consider, and teams to involve. 3. The employee conversations then run over, with ideas appearing in the app view as they come in. Idea Harvest™ vs. Tell Jules ## What's the difference between Idea Harvest™ and Tell Jules? Both come from Jeremy Eden and Terri Long, and both start with the same belief: your employees already know about valuable problems and ideas your leadership may be missing. The difference is how you use them. - **Idea Harvest™** is the full, consultant-led method for gathering, evaluating, and approving employee ideas over approximately 100 days. - **Tell Jules** is the SaaS platform that handles the first stage, gathering employee problems and ideas at scale. - **They can work independently or together.** Companies can use Tell Jules on its own, and Harvest Earnings also uses it in its engagements. What you get from Tell Jules ## One report, and a clearer picture of what needs fixing Your employees' problems and ideas come together in one sortable view, so you can see what's happening across your business and where to focus first. - ### See what your employees are telling you Track participation, count the problems and ideas raised, and spot recurring issues. - ### See each problem alongside an idea to fix it See each problem with the employee's idea beside it, then sort and filter what matters most. - ### Know where to start with each idea See the potential financial impact, risks to consider, and teams to involve. ### For every idea, Tell Jules gives you a starting point - #### Financial impact Where it affects costs or revenue, and what to analyze to estimate its value. - #### Potential risks What could go wrong and how to reduce the risk. - #### Teams to involve Who should help evaluate and implement the idea. ![Tell Jules dashboard showing participation stats, identified problems and proposed ideas, and a guidance set with financial guidance, risk guidance, and potential collaboration for each idea](https://www.telljules.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Tell%20Jules%20dashboard%20view.png?width=1274&height=672&name=Tell%20Jules%20dashboard%20view.png) Swipe to see the full dashboard You spend less time organizing feedback and more time deciding what to act on. Put the Idea Harvest™ method to work ## Start uncovering your employees' best ideas with Tell Jules You've seen how an Idea Harvest™ helps companies uncover problems, evaluate ideas, and decide which ones are worth acting on. Now you can put the first stage to work in your own business, free for two weeks. Invite up to 25 employees to share their problems and ideas with Tell Jules. You'll get one organized report showing what your team wants to fix, where it could affect your costs or revenue, and what to investigate first. [Start your free trial of Tell Jules](https://www.telljules.ai/book-a-call?hsLang=en) Frequently asked questions ## Idea Harvest™ and Tell Jules, answered - ### Can companies use Idea Harvest™ without hiring Harvest Earnings? You can use Tell Jules on its own to gather employee problems and ideas. The full Idea Harvest™ method is delivered by Harvest Earnings and includes the evaluation and decision stages. - ### Is Tell Jules the same as Idea Harvest™? No, Tell Jules is a standalone platform built by the founders of Idea Harvest™. It automates the conversation and idea-gathering stage. Idea Harvest™ is the broader method for gathering, evaluating, and approving employee ideas. - ### How long does Idea Harvest™ take compared with Tell Jules? The full Idea Harvest™ method takes about 100 days across three stages: Generate, Evaluate, and Decide. Tell Jules can gather and organize employee problems and ideas in about two weeks, and your company then decides how to evaluate and act on them. - ### How do employees share their ideas with Tell Jules? Employees have a conversation with Jules by voice (phone) or chat, usually about seven minutes. Jules asks about their work, the problems they run into, and what they'd change. There's nothing to install, and employees can take part in 55 languages and counting. - ### Can we try Tell Jules before paying? Yes. 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