Idea Procurement

In order to flourish your firm's culture must encourage and nurture outside-the-box ideas rather than kill them. Suspend judgment – in this case, "an idea will survive longer and will breed further ideas," advised Edward de Bono.

  

Encourage Generation of Radical Ideas

Loose-Tight Leadership

Idea Implementation

  

 
 

If an employee has a great idea and has it quickly squashed and mocked by their superiors they tend to stop sharing their thoughts in fear of more rejection and humiliation. An antagonistic culture that fights change of any kind is the ultimate idea crusher and will not be able to keep up with a fast changing society.

  

 
 

Let Ideas Blossom

Larry Yukron, owner of Adventure Experts and former Qwest Communication executive, related that several firms in Silicon Valley have installed a "five minute rule."
The rule permits anyone to suggest an idea.

Then for the first five minutes after the idea is expressed only positive comments can be made. By the time the idea is talked about for five minutes it has usually spun into an impromptu brainstorm session that cultivates truly great ideas and some form of the discussion is often implemented.

  

Creativity Management

Team Creativity

Creativity in Groups

Brainstorming

Disney Creative Strategy

Idea Management

Ideation Techniques

  

 

 
 

Climate for Ideation

Firms today must enthusiastically welcome new ideas and suggestions. If an idea is properly given attention it just may become a solution to a problem, the next great marketing campaign, or even the perfect incubator for your next innovative product or service.

 		 

 
 

Idea Implementation

Furthermore, we must be certain to do something with all generated ideas. If we encourage ideas, and then sit on them without taking any action, we will not get ideas generated in the future. In addition, if we must reject or decide not to implement an idea without providing an adequate justification, firms will lose the future goodwill and creativity of these individuals.

One way to implement most promising ideas is to empower their authors to become intrapreneurs or leaders of idea implementation projects.

  

Culture for Innovation

5 Strategies

Questioning Culture

Climate for Innovation

3 Parts

5 Strategies

Creative Chaos

  

 

 

 

Mini-courses

  

Your growth boosters

 

Teaching by Example

 

 
 

Your company must have a Head of Growth who would lead and oversee implementation of both radical and evolutionary ideas. Empower authors of most promising ideas to become intrapreneurs or leaders of idea-implementation projects.

  

Head of Growth

Creative Dissatisfaction

Entrepreneurial Organization

  

 
 

INNOBALL Innovation Brainball entrepreneurial simulation game INNOBALL (Innovation Brainball) entrepreneurial simulation game will help innovators achieve amazing results – far beyond their initial aspirations.

 		 

KoRe 10 Innovative Thinking Tools

Balloon  ▪  Rope

  

 

 

① Idea Procurement and Implementation

② Empowerment

③ Believing in Your People

④ Communication

⑤ Accommodating Personal Idiosyncrasies

⑥ Positively Influencing Intrinsic Motivation

⑦ Harvesting Emotional Energy

⑧ Freedom to Fail and Changing Pace Quickly

  

Innovation-friendly Organization

How To Build

Top Management

Cross-functional Innovation Teams

How To Prevent Innovation: 10 Tips

  

 
   

By Australian Business Limited and Australian Commonwealth ITR Department.
Adapted by Dean Prebble, Prof. Howard Frederick, and Vadim, Ten3 NZ