The average employee contributes six separate innovative ideas over the year, however according to 57% of workers, these aren’t being captured or recorded.
You will find that ideas are everywhere in your organization - that is not the difficult bit. The challenging part is finding these ideas, gathering them, and more importantly, implementing the best ones.
Many companies fail at innovation because they do not have an effective system in place for turning these ideas into practical processes that generate real results. Innovation is not something that should be dipped in and out of when it suits you. To be really successful, it needs to be integrated into the very core of your organization and communication is central to this.
All employees need to be aware of the internal processes to capture ideas and should be incentivized to contribute. Establishing a system for capturing ideas can be frustrating and time consuming. An Idea Management software will remove these barriers and provide a seamless method of curating creative input from your teams.
An effective tool will bring collaboration and social software, whilst also enabling you to integrate your innovation process with other information systems to ensure that people can innovate wherever they are, whatever they are doing. When a team member posts or shares an idea, it should be framed in a way that aligns it to the overarching business goals to demonstrate how it will impact the organization. Ideas should convey the essential information whilst remaining short and snappy.
72% of companies often miss opportunities to exploit under-developed areas or markets.
The Wazoku cloaking tool allows the anonymous posting of ideas, perfect for nervous innovators who may feel overwhelmed or intimidated. Identities can later be revealed once an idea gains traction and engagement.
Employee Surveys
Idea Management Platform
Dedicated Innovation Team
Collaborative platforms (I.e Teams, Slack)
Suggestion Boxes