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What is inovation?
Why do you need innovation?
Does everyone in your
organisation know what innovation is?
Do they know how to contribute to it?
Do you have a culture that fosters inovation and creative problem solving?
How can you measure it?
A recent search on
creativity, using google.com, generated over 77 million hits! A similar
search on innovation generated over 135 million hits! Innovation is
on everyone's agenda. There are many organisations that use the word
innovation in their mission statement... during strategy sessions... or
listed in their values. In reality, most of these organisations have people
working for them who are too busy to innovate, some are unclear about what
innovation is and certainly are not equipped with the skills needed to 'be
innovative'. Oganisations that are serious about innovation, dedicate time,
energy and money into making it happen
There are two requirements
for innovation:
1. New Ideas
Creativity is a key ingredient to innovation. Without new ideas, it is
impossible to innovate. A creative idea, however, is not, by itself, an
innovation.
Ideas are the "raw material" for innovation.
2. Knowledge
Knowledge allows us to take an idea with potential and turn it into
implimentation success. Without knowledge, we may be very creative but never
be able to convert ideas into something of value.
Innovation requires that
we build the capacity to generate new ideas and the capacity to convert
these new ideas into something of value with the use of knowledge.
With the help of the
Vancouver Research Group, who has shared the results of nine of the most
comprehensive benchmarking and research projects in innovation that has
spanned the last two years, Mila is equipped to offer you the support you
need to take this buzzword and make it happen in your organisation.
What prevents an organisation
from reaching their exciting vision? Mostly it is the everyday decision
making, problem solving and attitudes that prevent a vision from becoming a
reality. When Mila uses the word innovation, we don't just talk new
products, we talk about a whole brain solution to decision making, problem
solving, conflict resolution, communication, team building and strategic
planning.
Ladscaping for Innovation.
1. Where are you now? Snapshot of your company Culture, eliminating
barriers.
2. Where are you going? Objective Finding - linking innovation to the bottom
line and formulating and establishing breakthrough goals.
3. Who is getting you there? The toolset, skillset and mindset of the people
in your organisation who will make it happen.
4. What managerial systems do you need to put in place? Idea management,
using a Stage-Gate Process, Idea Matrix, Rewards and Recognition.
5. How will we know when we have arrived? Measuring performance the whole
brain way, Assessment of the ten critical factors that contribute to a
culture of innovation.
We explore the six
facets/building blocks of Organisational Innovation - Architecture -
Landscaping
Leadership
Organisational Structure
Running an Idea Management System
Tools and Techniques
Measurement
Rewards and Recognition
Includes
Innovation Readiness Survey
Innovation Checklist
Innovation Matrix
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