Foster Innovation
Far too many executives at far too many companies are yelling about innovation when they do not empower anyone to this end. If you are not setting an example for the people who are looking to you for inspiration, how can you expect them to be innovative and creative? Here are a few ways that you can practice what you preach when it comes to innovation.
First of all, look for new and exciting ways to provide outreach to your customers. Your employees are much more likely to come to you with great ideas if they know these ideas will be implemented in a big way. In many cases, the ability to affect change in a viable and visible way is more important than money. This means that you need to be incredibly all were thinking when it comes to your social distribution and marketing service. Let your employees see how their ideas are affecting the outside world by utilizing the many tools that you have to increase the reach of your marketing.
Secondly, be sure that your office space provides a mood for innovative thinking. If you do not allow your employees to express themselves in the office, how can you expect them to be innovative or creative in any other aspect of their working life? The days of trying to force efficiency through stark rank-and-file homogeneity is over. Give people the ability to be themselves. You can start by allowing them to set up their workspace in a way that is most conducive to them, not your idea of what an optimal office may be.
Third, be sure that your office is equipped with the latest technology that will help to empower your employees to be innovative. It is difficult to compete with other companies if you do not have the tech to do so. Consider how difficult it must be for your employees to innovate without modern tools.
While you are investing in a modern office space, invest in the computers and the networking backbone that will allow your employees to collaborate on projects and see their ideas through in an efficient way. There is no reason that your employee should not be able to contact each other over some kind of network during their off hours and lunch breaks. If you provide them with this freedom, then you will have much more voluntary collaboration between people in your office.
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