It’s true that no organisation can be effective without a certain amount of conformity and good systems. However, the important capital asset is not money, buildings or equipment, but ideas!
Back in 1976, a young engineer got bored with the repetitive routine of installing computer chips and asked his bosses if he could design a personal computer .His bosses said no. So, not to be deterred, he built his computer from home and named it Apple. Today that engineer is worth over a billion dollars.
Anybody can come up with new ideas. All you need to do is gather people around and brainstorm solutions to a problem. You will be surprised at just how creative your people really are!
In a lot of cases, management asks for new ideas and quickly reject them. Or the people who come up with new ideas are not rewarded, instead those with the “proper” credentials are given the accolades.
The key is to create an environment that encourages new ideas and make innovation and continuous improvement part of every one’s job. To make it happen, you need to set up rules to play the game.
a. Tolerate failure – many of the ideas that will be put into action may not get the results we are looking for. But this is all part of the process of continuous improvement.
Understand that most innovations are not successful. The key to success is to be persistent and learn to develop an ability to cope with disappointment, failure and rejection. Above all keep trying.
Anyone who has become successful, knows this, because they have lost more often than they have won. Getting it wrong is Ok so long as we learn from our mistakes and move closer towards our goal.
b. Pay royalties for successful innovations – to keep innovators motivated to keep on innovating, give them a piece of the profits generated from the innovation.
c. Encourage competition – Internal competition between groups is a great way of encouraging innovation. The challenge of competition keeps people excited and encourages new ideas.
d. Ask everyone to contribute at least one new idea and a deadline for achieving it – innovation is everyone’s business and the people closest to the job are usually the best at coming up with new ideas to make the job better.
e. Give people the tools to think creatively – like any new skill, creative thinking and idea production can be increased with practice and training in how to use simple techniques like brainstorming, using different frames of reference, combining old ideas into a new perspective.
It’s true that no organisation can be effective without a certain amount of conformity and good systems. However, the important capital asset is not money, buildings or equipment, but ideas!
Back in 1976, a young engineer got bored with the repetitive routine of installing computer chips and asked his bosses if he could design a personal computer .His bosses said no. So, not to be deterred, he built his computer from home and named it Apple. Today that engineer is worth over a billion dollars.
Anybody can come up with new ideas. All you need to do is gather people around and brainstorm solutions to a problem. You will be surprised at just how creative your people really are!
In a lot of cases, management asks for new ideas and quickly reject them. Or the people who come up with new ideas are not rewarded, instead those with the “proper” credentials are given the accolades.
The key is to create an environment that encourages new ideas and make innovation and continuous improvement part of every one’s job. To make it happen, you need to set up rules to play the game.
a. Tolerate failure – many of the ideas that will be put into action may not get the results we are looking for. But this is all part of the process of continuous improvement.
Understand that most innovations are not successful. The key to success is to be persistent and learn to develop an ability to cope with disappointment, failure and rejection. Above all keep trying.
Anyone who has become successful, knows this, because they have lost more often than they have won. Getting it wrong is Ok so long as we learn from our mistakes and move closer towards our goal.
b. Pay royalties for successful innovations – to keep innovators motivated to keep on innovating, give them a piece of the profits generated from the innovation.
c. Encourage competition – Internal competition between groups is a great way of encouraging innovation. The challenge of competition keeps people excited and encourages new ideas.
d. Ask everyone to contribute at least one new idea and a deadline for achieving it – innovation is everyone’s business and the people closest to the job are usually the best at coming up with new ideas to make the job better.
e. Give people the tools to think creatively – like any new skill, creative thinking and idea production can be increased with practice and training in how to use simple techniques like brainstorming, using different frames of reference, combining old ideas into a new perspective.
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