Innovation Tools
34 Ways to Encourage “Intrapreneurship”
For leaders, encouraging people to think like entrepreneurs is key to maintaining a competitive edge. This tool lists 34 ways to help people in your organization think creatively and become in-house entrepreneurs – or “intrapreneurs.”
Empowering Employees to Innovate
This handy tool provides a way for employees to suggest ideas for improvement (a new market to go into, a new product to sell, or a new way of doing business). Using a simple template, it asks for five pieces of information that are important in evaluating whether the idea has merit. Leaders can tell their employees: “Use this form if you have an idea that you think will make this company more successful.”
How to Succeed at Core Process Improvement
This tool helps managers at all levels to condense te concepts behind core process improvement. The tool provides a useful framework for leaders who want to understand the factors behind successful process improvement. This tool is best used in conjunction with Seven Step Process Improvement, also located in our Innovation Tools Category.
This tool provides a valuable checklist of specific ideas to make sure your company is organized for innovation. It lists specific strategies for creating an environment in which innovation flourishes. Among other things, it details the pros and cons of technological “push” versus market “pull.” It also describes the role of corporate headquarters in fostering innovation.
Seven Step Process Improvement
This tool describes in seven steps how to improve a business process. Each step is defined, along with hints for ensuring quality of execution in each phase. This is an invaluable tool for leaders who want to improve a business process and assure themselves of success from planning through implementation.
This checklist details the ten things that companies must do to be successful. It is based on research conducted during the past 20 years on companies that became the leaders in their industries. This list serves as a checklist for business leaders and executives. This tool also includes a list of six things that unsuccessful companies do.