Government Innovation Hub Platform
How Charles saw that remote work was killing innovation and built a tool that gets government teams solving problems again.
Builder: Charles Organisation: Quebec Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy Problem Solved: Digital knowledge sharing for economic development
Key Features
Challenge Sharing Feed
Simple feed where people post real work problems and get actual solutions from colleagues.
Community Feed
Users snap photos of problems and share them instantly. No complicated forms.
Successful Team Onboarding
New team members click a link and they're in. That's it.
Professional Email Integration
Sends secure invitation emails without Charles having to manage tokens or authentication complexity
The Challenge
Charles watched government business advisors struggle to help clients effectively during remote work. The informal conversations that actually solved problem, the hallway chats, quick questions, shared frustrations were gone. Advisors were working in isolation, and businesses weren't getting the help they needed.
The Databutton Solution
Charles believed there had to be a better way than accepting "that's just how remote work is." After showing Databutton to ministry officials in June, he built a tool that gets people talking about real problems again, just like those productive hallway conversations that actually moved things forward.
Platform Features:
Simple login for advisors and their business clients
Daily question: "What problem are you stuck on today?"
Problem clarification that helps people explain issues clearly
Anonymous sharing so people actually post real problems
Quick solutions from colleagues who've solved similar issues
Follow-up tracking to see what actually worked
Results
• Advisors solve client problems faster than before remote work
• Business clients get solutions from multiple experts, not just their assigned advisor
• Charles proved that remote collaboration could work better than in-person meetings
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