7/19/2006

Ten Steps to Build an Innovative Organization

Paul Sloane, a leading authority on innovation, outlines ten steps to create an innovative organization. The ten steps are:

"(1) Paint an inspiring vision.

(2) Build an open, receptive, questioning culture.

(3) Empower people at all levels.

(4) Set goals, deadlines and measurements for innovation.

(5) Use creativity techniques to generate a large number of ideas.

(6) Look outside for ideas

(7) Review, combine, filter and select ideas.

(8) Prototype promising proposals.

(9) Manage risk and accept failure.

(10) Kill off the unpromising projects and quickly roll out the successful ones."

Found via this post from Business Innovation Insider

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