Innovation at work
Innovation– What Is It?
• Many factors need to be taken into consideration for any business venture to succeed. And, it can henceforth be safe to say that innovation is one such important aspect for a business to thrive. The creativity in us will enable us to come up with innovative ideas which shall help us achieve a name in our work and in life. Creativity and innovation go hand-in-hand at any workplace and are known to skills which are requisite.
• Burnout is mostly experienced by people who’re part of a career which is routine in exercise. A person who is working as an employee is most likely to experience this syndrome.
Brainstorming
• Brainstorming – highly recommended
• Organize brainstorming sessions for your team frequently
• Allows employees to think critically and provides a chance for employees’ ideas to be heard
• Sit down with your team and decide on the best idea once your brainstorming sessions come to an end
Agenda
• Inform employees before the brainstorming sessions to come up with ideas
• Those ideas can then be discussed during the brainstorming session
Resources
• Employ latest equipment and gadgets
• Must haves of any team's creative outlet – whiteboard, multi touch screen and projection screen
• Helps to make brainstorming sessions convenient and interesting
Support
• Encourage your employee(s)
• An employee's morale gets bolstered when appreciation is displayed for the tasks he has handled with precision.
• Make your employees feel empowered – doing so will affirm you value their output and ideas
• Further appreciation will get the employee more involved in work and will in turn yield positive results
Work atmosphere
• Responsibility of the organization to ensure positive working environment – encourages creativity
• Must be comfortable, safe and happy
• They must feel they can give their 100% best
• Stress factors to be avoided - can hinder the creativity
‘Innovator’
• Consider adding a new member – in the event of lack of creativity in your current team
• Doing so means one more thinking head
• Contribution of fresh new ideas possible
Conclusion
• Encourage your employee for suggestions that can improve the business even more – in spite of the business performing well
• Avoid criticizing an employee's idea – affects the confidence leading to discouragement
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