What is innovation? Is it natural born? Or can it be cultivated? To me, I don’t think I am a creative people; however I always being sparked during some chatting or discussion. Yesterday, I searched around flickr and found someone post an “Innovation Competence Process” for an organization. It is pretty make sense and good for spending sometime to digest it.
Step 1: Appreciate
The fundamental principle of this process is to appreciation of everybody’s capacity to contribute to innovation. Everybody should have contribution no matter sitting on which stage of the management ladder. To me, more people can induce more stimulation to my brain.
The original name of this step is “Self-Assess”, but I rather rename it as “Open Forum”. Since each individual has different thinking process and rationale, we can learn a lot thru challenging others’ ideas. The key is to provide an environment to get everybody involved and give everybody a voice and listen freely.
After the innovative idea being criticized, it should in a good shape and the next step is to set priorities and followed by the constitution of an action plan.
Find others that can share their experiences, who can learn from and whom you can share with in your environment. Experiences from these counterparts are invaluable.
There is nothing more powerful than benefiting from the experience of somebody who has already gone through similar issues and problems. The basic principle here: Everybody has something to learn and something to share. This is also fall into Web 2.0 paradigm – sharing, participating, and collaborating.
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