Once again a great session of Jef. Shocking statements about the way HR, learning and innovation is handled by the 2D managers out there. Watch the video’s, view the photos, download the presentation but most important buy the book “My organisation is a jungle“.
A few weeks ago I was asked the following “How would you start the Innovation process in a company?”
Well at first we need to ask a few questions:
Do people know what Innovation is all about?
Are they willing to participate in an active way
Is it supported by the management?
If the answer on all 3 questions is yes then we can start creating and providing.
Awareness: people need to understand why innovation matters, why it’s important to innovate and so on.
Involvement: people need to be involved in the process, they need to know that there opinion matters and is appreciated.
The environment: depending on peoples personality you must create an appropriate environment.
Mission, Vision and Values: Explain to people the mission, vision and values of the company. Everybody involved needs to understand and most important support them.
Communication: communication between departments, business units etc. is of the at most importance in a innovation process
Tools: don’t use the old fashion “idea box” because it will turn your innovation process into a “My little secret” process. The more people know what the ideas of the rest are the more feedback you will get, it’s called the “The power of the crowd”.
In this world there is only forwards, backwards and left and right. There is no up and no down! In this world two dimensional creatures have no concept of three dimensional objects.
Fear of the unknown? If we see only what we know, how does anyone every see anything new – the unknown? How do we ever get out of our box?
Dr. Quantum explains how he sees things from a different perspective than the two dimensional creatures.
