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Jonathan
Joined: 06 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: Encourage SMALL Ideas!!! |
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In their new book Ideas are Free: How the Idea Revolution is Liberating People and transforming Organizations, Alan Robinson & Dean Schroeder make some good arguments for encouraging small ideas. Here's John Grossmann's synopsis from American Way (June 15, 2004: page 66)...
John Grossman wrote:
Any More Bright Ideas?
Throw out employee suggestion boxes. (They don't work -- and never have.) Think twice about dangling monetary rewards to workers whose ideas save the company money. (The pitfalls are numerous; moreover, it's not necessary.) These are just two of the surprising yet well-documented messages in Ideas are Free: How the Idea Revolution is Liberating People and transforming Organizations (Berret-Koehler Publishers).
Authors Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder provide compelling examples from their study of some 150 companies, large and small, one of which averagedd 104 ideas per employee in 2002.
The book's big idea also seems counterintuitive: Encourage lots of small ideas -- lots of bunt singles, not grand slams. Why? Small ideas are easier to come up with and act upon. They also help encourage a company culture where big ideas become more likely. And, because they're less likely to be detected or copied by competitors, they "accumulate into a considerable cushion of sustainable competitive advantage." |
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NeoDevin
Joined: 13 Sep 2004
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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| Hate to go off topic here, but for us non americans, I'm not sure what "American Way" is. Is it some sort of local newspaper? monthly publication? or what? |
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Jonathan
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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LOL... sorry about that Devin!
Nope, American Way is the in flight magazine of American Airlines. |
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