Innovation tip – look for remote as well as local opportunities

Most businesses look for new opportunities in obvious places, adjacent to their current position. They typically ask two questions:

1. What new markets can we sell our existing products or services into?

2. What new products or services can we sell to our existing customers?

These are perfectly valid questions. You should ask them and [...]

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Let Suggestions bypass the Line Manager

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 [...]

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