Creating an innovative culture with Ezassi’s proven strategy — equals success.
Developing a culture of innovation internally leads to higher employee engagement, empowerment of your employees to assist on solving some of your most vital problems, an effective method for capturing their ideas and acting on them and finally, an increase in cost-savings.
A successful innovative culture is “not for lack of trying” …
Plenty of companies try to build a culture of innovation, their success isn’t for a lack of trying. It’s in the planning, implementation, execution and continued follow through to engage and sustain the culture.
If you build it, will they continue to come? If you use these proven strategies, they will.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Validating Success With Numbers
As published in Innovation Leader.
Developing a culture of innovation internally leads to higher employee engagement, empowerment of your employees to assist on solving some of your most vital problems, an effective method for capturing their ideas and acting on them…
Tap into your greatest innovation resource.
Statistics show, time and again, that most of our innovative ideas come from our employees. Why wouldn’t all businesses want to capitalize on their top innovators, to leverage this statistic? This strong statistic shows that we should provide an environment where our greatest resource can freely innovate. Who better to innovate with than those engaged each day in the business?
Implementing an Innovative Culture
A complete process or select components.
Planning and Analysis
Working closely with your senior leadership to lay the foundation for success. Customize your individual innovative culture plan. Clearly demonstrating an overall understanding of the client’s challenges and objectives.
- Setting short and long-term goals
- Understanding logistics, timeline and structure
- Company-wide focus
- Leadership interviews
- Quick wins
Design and Develop
Taking the Analysis Phase results to compile, organize and develop Culture of Innovation program, to include materials, goals and implementation.
- Timing
- Designing the program
- Co-creating
- Safe place
- Pilot projects
- Content
- Direction
Innovative Workshop Implementation
Implementation of custom, creative and innovative workshops. Workshop participants include individuals from different levels within the company. This phase utilizes the Innovation Software platform for training challenges, collaboration, analysis and more.
- Multiple workshop rollout
- Individual phases
- Materials
- Logistics
- Improvements
Evaluation and Goals
Utilizing the On Demand Reporting and Analytics within the Innovation Software platform, targeted goals are analyzed and identification of what is working and where adjustments are needed. Implement self reflection, goal follow up, Culture of Innovation challenges and rewards and incentives.
- Self-reflection
- Challenges
- Adjustments
- Goal follow-up
- Idea marketplace
Coaching and Maintenance
Continued Culture of Innovation coaching with senior leaders to provide ongoing coaching and support utilizing a virtual coaching environment with a recommended 30-minute virtual coaching sessions. Sessions are inclusive of innovative coaching challenges using the Innovation Software platform.
Reflection, Learning and Continuum
Utilizing innovative training enhancements for continuous team development, reflection and learning. Following your Culture of Innovation training, it is important to reflect on the targeted goals and learnings to modify the innovative culture strategy moving forward. Utilizing the Innovation Software platform to continue needed or desired coaching with the current audience or a broader audience along with quarterly workshops.
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See for yourself how Ezassi’s Culture of Innovation program and consulting can help you leverage your greatest asset.