(From: Reference News)
Now, in order to keep up with the fierce competition, companies of all sizes must be faster to launch innovative products or services.
When you of the world Top 50 innovative companies in the development of new products for doing such a good time, you will certainly find that they have an innovative organizational culture.
For many companies, "innovation, we perish" has become a cruel reality.
Today, the "no idle money" Consumers are increasingly demanding innovative products and services, not only to improve their lifestyle, but also to bring them convenience and diversity.
Creative staff is a business innovation activities an important component part. They often need the incentive and opportunity to maximize the potential to create play.
From a strategic perspective employers should consider how to employ, retain and motivate the staff, an effective way is to cultivate an innovative organizational culture. Presented below 10 foster a culture of innovation strategies:
１,An ideological pluralism. Maintaining diversity in the workplace for a large amount of creative thinking is critical. To produce innovative ideas, the important thing is that from the volume, rather than quality. So multinational companies in diversifying an advantage because they can from the staff from all over the world there was a wide range of ideas.
2, the company's exchange. Good ideas often come from those in the front line every day dealing with employees and customers. Staff at all levels to create opportunities for them to listen to new products or services to their own ideas. It is said that the Virgin Group each have a staff investigation and the boss de Ransom direct communication to discuss new ideas.
3, creating skills and knowledge. Creativity is the ability to learn. Company employees must have a formal learning and development projects to show the creativity of individuals and organizations. Although some staff innate creativity than other people, but every employee should be subject to the development of creativity training.
4, encouraging the working environment. The Office of the design should stimulate creativity and promote exchanges play a role. Creative ideas are more likely in a more free environment, and not in the meeting, the Board elected. The trend is the establishment of a coffee shop, game room or area to work together to promote cooperation in the day-to-day.
5, information sharing and management. As the saying goes: "Knowledge is power." In-house information and knowledge sharing, staff will be able to have a more comprehensive approach to solve the problem rather than descriptive. Another advantage of sharing information is to enable the staff to take responsibility themselves.
6, the support risk. You have to create an atmosphere for your employees to challenge traditional work methods. This is some Singapore companies may be a challenge, because their management style is a relatively authoritarian and patriarchal system of style. To avoid risks in an atmosphere of the staff is unlikely to create a breakthrough product or service.
7, tolerance failure. Each staff can look forward to the success of thinking is naive. Many exercises, creativity can be more powerful. To create an atmosphere that is not to worry after the failure of creative ideas will be punished and even be dismissed.
8, cooperation and teamwork. Some large companies to adopt an inter-departmental working group to improve the functions of creative thinking. The formation of a functional departments from each team composed of staff to ensure that creativity is balanced. I have one member each should receive training to understand how to be an effective team member.
9, rewards innovation. Successful creative staff must be recognized and rewarded. Material incentives can be rewarded with a promotion or in the form of stock.
10, a more action-oriented. Enterprise's leadership style must forge ahead and not speaking. This will help rapid decision-making. |
