Hello, my dear business architect, head of growth, and innovation leader! Now let's talk about why and how to build: VadiK Inventor Author Founder     No-Blame Culture         Corporate climate for innovation and continuous improvement     Failure is a friend of a homo thinking and an enemy of a homo emotional. ~ Vadim Kotelnikov   Failure is a Teacher, not an Executioner. In radical innovation, every step forward is a step into terra incognita where failures are teachers and opportunities are guides.     Beware of Metaphorical Cemeteries Blames are cemeteries of intrinsic motivation.   Know Inner Enemies of Your Business       These rules, if followed, will surely make the workplace more efficient, productive, and joyful.         Key Ways to Foster a ‘No-blame’ Culture Trust people and believe that they want to do their best Define behavioral standards, the desired results will follow Encourage people to speak openly about the obstacles to progress Focus on finding solutions, not those who are to be blamed Establish an organized and systematic approach to problem solving Encourage and empower innovators and intrapreneurs         In a company that operates in a ‘No Blame’ culture employees are encouraged to speak openly about problems and mistakes.       The staff are empowered to be honest and open about the obstacles to progress. When complex problems occur, small teams are created to discuss how to improve the situation and to work towards finding solutions.   Good companies embrace a culture of mini-failures. Setbacks aren’t problems, they’re opportunities. Tom Kelley IDEO To encourage people to innovate more, you have to make it safe for them to fail. Michael Dell< Slides   Entrepreneurial Organization   Notes   Benefits of No-Blame Culture A no-blame Culture is a win-win all-round – for employees, managers, customer and the company as a whole. It liberates the organization. It fosters employee loyalty, effective problem-solving and high performance. People focus on their positive energy and accomplish much more in a shorter space of time. They adopt a continuous improvement mindset. Employees enjoy their workdays more and have more fun. The benefits flow also through to the customers in terms of better quality, improved delivery and better overall customer satisfaction. ‘No blame’ customer relationships are mutually beneficial. Whenever problems are we encountered at a customer site, just sit together with their key players and work towards finding and executing solutions.   Motivate and Inspire People to Perform at Highest Levels Kaizen Mindset Suggestion Systems  Japanese-style Innompics-style Fun4biz-style GE Work-Out Goals 5 Growth Dimensions 7 Steps 5 Sessions     Concept The ‘no blame’ concept is fundamental to successful implementation of innovation, continuous improvement, just-in-time (JIT) and problem solving strategies and programs. A no-blame culture is built on the positive belief that employees want to be fully participative members of high-performing teams, and no one comes to work with the intention of doing a poor quality job. If a problem is occurred, the roots of it are searched for in an organizational deficiency, not in deliberate actions of an employee.   Corporate Culture Inspiring Culture Freedom To Fail How To Turn Failures to Opportunities Failure is a Stepping Stone to Success Failing Forward Examples of Freedom-To-Fail Organizations     6 Innovation Practice Tips by IDEO ④ Break rules and "fail forward" so that change is part of the culture, and little setback is experienced... More   Culture of Innovation 5 Strategies Creative Ideas       How to use this information       ① "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." ~ Bruce Lee ② Sleep on this information – your powerful superconscious mind will tell you how to use it when you wake up   Slides   Entrepreneurial Organization   Notes