The Idea-Driven Organization: Unlocking the Power in Bottom-Up Ideas

His research into the best and worst practices in continuous improvement has won a number of awards and has taken him into organizations in many countries around the world. Dean M. Schroeder currently serves as the associate dean and director of graduate programs in management and is the Herbert and Agnes Schulz Professor of Management at Valparaiso University in Northwest Indiana. Alan G. Robinson is a professor at the Isenberg School of Management of the University of Massachusetts A

Robinson and Dean M. They detail exactly how high-performing idea processes work and how to design one for your organization. And it’s right under their noses. But cutting wages and benefits and pushing people to work harder with fewer resources can go only so far. Citing organizations from around the world, they explain what’s needed to put together a management team that can lead the type of organization that embraces grassroots ideas and describe the strategies, policies, and practices that enable them. The frontline employees who interact directly with your customers, make your products, and provide your services have unparalleled insights into where problems exist and what improvements and new offerings would have the most impact. There’s constant pressure today to do more with less. Too many organizations are overlooking, or even suppressing, their single most powerful source of growth and innovation. In this follow-up to their bestseller Ideas Are Free, Alan G. Ironically, the best solution resides with the very people

Building on their previous book, Ideas Are Free, they tell us how to create an environment to encourage the free flow of ideas to become a high performing organization.”—Jeffrey K. It is no less than a call for a complete house cleaning – from physical and spatial relationships, to organization and information flows, and to changing the mindsets of employees and management alike! Required reading in an increasingly globalized and competitive world."—Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company and winner of a 2013 Oslo Business for Peace award and the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Award for Community Engagement  “The idea-driven organization is one that steadfastly listens to its people to ensure the organization remains safe, resp

and shareholders are not satisfied with anything less than growth Ian Mann Conversations I have with business leaders rapidly move to one common problem: The current business environment is brutal, and shareholders are not satisfied with anything less than growth.The knee-jerk answer is to grow the bottom line by cutting costs, which usually means cutting jobs and squeezing suppliers further. However, as Tom Peters famously pointed out in 1997, “You can’t shrink your way to greatness.” You could not then, and you cannot now.Clearly, if your strategy is flawed, nothing will help until that is problem is resolved. However, your strategy is essentially sound, the ideas driven organization could wel. "I was amazed at companies getting more than 50 ideas per employee" according to Boby F.. This book introduces an employee idea system that is at a whole new level to any suggestion programs I have ever experienced. The successes of some of the companies implementing similar idea-driven programs are a real eye opener. I was amazed at companies getting more than 50 ideas per employee per year, some even more, and even more impressive is the implementation rates as high as 90% with 75-80% not uncommon. Everything is here including processes, and best practices for implementation.This is a well-written easy read with a lot of facts and success stories that spark your imagination and desire to be part of an idea-driven organization. In un tempo in cui va di gran moda l'innovazione In un tempo in cui va di gran moda l'innovazione dirompente un libro che parla di innovazione dal basso, fatta da un lavoro costante e sostanzialmente incrementale da chi sta principalmente sull'ultimo miglio e meglio di altri può vedere i problemi (che di per sè costituiscono una fonte importantissima) e individuare soluzioni intelligenti.Qui sta il bello di questo libro: una nutrita serie di casi che fanno riflettere e ispirano anche qualche idea da applicare.Gli autori non mancano di criticare alcuni approcci strutturati e costosi (in primis six sigma) ampiamente superati a loro dire dal coinvolgimento dal basso capace di