Capturing the thoughts... (How to capture creative ideas)
- Org wide competetions - People put their minds to work not because of the prize money, but because of the opportunity to gain public recognition for their thinking.
- Association of language and creativity - The choice of words provde an intellectual and emotional context for the way in which subordinates and colleagues relate to and make sense of their work.
- Avoide bullets during presentation - instead use story telling. Story telling has always been an important part of the culture of 3M. For example, story about a scientist who, while singing in the choir, wished he had bookmarks that wouldn't fall out of the hymnal - and later createed Post-It Notes. Bullets are typically generic and cant give critical relationships in a logical way.
- Reduce work based stress, one of the great inhibitors of creativity.
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Successful Innovation depends ofcourse on great ideas (team's deliverables) and how well they are implemented (LEadership abilities). But the infrastructure provided to nurture this is -
A: A good leader who
1) is able to harness the best from his/her team
2) guides the team through the ideas generated and allows the best to be picked (the leader need not necessarily have the best idea - infact he/she need not have an idea at all)
3) leads from the front
- deciding on the best idea
- planning for its implementation
- taking risks upon himself and
- sharing the rewards amongst his team
4) pulls up difficult behaviour of certain colleagues where required and sets it right
B: A team that
1) does not follow the "scorpion philosophy"
2) believes that each individual has a particular role to play and executes his/her role to perfection
3) appreciates a good idea irrespective of who has generated it and willingly puts in his/her efforts in the implementation
4) appreciates the effort of the leader and believes in his/her ability
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