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There is an informative investigation by the UK National Audit Office entitled, Achieving Innovation in Central Government Organisations. It draws on evidence from specific innovation cases in the public sector to assess government productivity and effectiveness at innovation. Among the findings are ‘Compared with leading commercial organisations, there is potential for departments to develop more [...]  Whatever suggestion scheme or idea initiation events you implement, it is important to ensure that there is a facility for individuals to bypass their line manager if necessary. Line managers can be resistant to ideas from their own people for a variety of reasons. They might fear that the person making the suggestion might be [...] Does your organisation have an effective employee suggestions scheme? An increasing number of organisations in the both private and public sectors are finding that they can drive innovation and reduce cost by moving their suggestion box from the office wall to the intranet. Siemens Automation and Drives is a good example. They employ 400 people [...] I was asked at a recent workshop on creativity whether I had ever tried separating extroverts from introverts in a brainstorm. I had to admit that I had never done this and the idea at first seemed strange. After all, diversity is one of the key elements for success in brainstorming – so why split [...] In trying to improve quality and looking for improvements we tend to focus our attention on what went wrong. We try to fix problems. A typical management meeting consists of a group of people who are looking at what is not working and trying their hardest to come up with ways to put things right. [...] |
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