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	                63 Ways to Stimulate Employee Creativity and Innovativeness

	                elmer palacio, Professor, Philippines

                Apart from a #0. Bottom-up approach,

I. In what other ways can an organization stimulate creativity and innovation in its employees?

II. What conditions and strategies are needed to support these approaches?

Thanks for your ideas...Editor: we'll add numbers to all ideas for reference purposes and we'll remove double ones (as much as possible) to avoid this page becomes too cluttered and complex.... Register
            
                  	#1. Training in Creativity Methods
Dr zahra gheidar, Consultant, Iran
More than 7 years experience in creativity classes...

                  	#2. Appoint a Humble, Central Facilitator
#3. ASK them how THEY believe C and I  could be Stimulated
Mandy Kendall, CEO, Canada

                  	#4. Implement Lateral Thinking
Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States
@Mandy Kendall: ...

                  	#5. Grant Freedom to Employees
#6. Provide Support by Managers
DANNY SUSIKWANA, Accountant, Zambia
My experience both in business and in teaching sho...

                  	#7. Create an Environment of Inquisitiveness
Herman, Manager, South Africa
In reading the responses to the question, it seems...

                  	#8. Organize Assistance to help Incubation
Ceferino Dulay, Jr., Other, Philippines
Throughout my career I have been involved with cre...

                  	#9. Train Only Talented People
Md Sufyan, Manager, India
The best person for the assigned job should be the...

                  	#10. Create a Safe, Fearless and Risk Taking Environment
pawan jain, HR Consultant, India
To stimulate employee creativity, provide a fearle...

                  	#11. Do Away with a Blame Culture
#12. Institute Organisational Learning
#13. Reward System
Martin, Manager, UK
- First and foremost one should do away with a bla...

                  	#14. Establish a Culture of Playing and Fun
Michael Nestor, Management Consultant, United States
I agree with so many of the points stated. In the ...

                  	On #3: Ask them
Andrew Blaine, Business Consultant, South Africa
@Mandy Kendall: ...

                  	#15. Inititate Special Creativity Events, Competitions, Exhibitions, Projects
Roberta Rizzo, Project Manager, Ireland
I reckon creativity is a question of character and...

                  	#16. Organize the C&I Effort
Satya Narayan, Strategy Consultant, India
We need to also organize this entire effort. The M...

                  	On #2 (Humble Facilitator): You are Right But Humility and Transparency are Rare
GJ Tahash, Analyst, United States
@Mandy Kendall: ...

                  #17. Create Trusted Expectations that we're Serious about C and I
Alan Kennedy, Canada
I agree with @Martin...

                  	#18. Empower Employees
#19. Appoint an Innovation Committee for Best Ideas
Albert Anthony D. Gavino, Analyst, Philippines
By 
              
                  	#20. Avoid Rules, Regulations and Restrictions
harish ramakrishnan, Management Consultant, India
Avoid restriction and demoralization in an organiz...

                  	#21. Listen Actively
#22. Provide Non-judgemental Feedback
#23. Stop Immediate Filtering
Jean-Marc Guillemette, Other, Canada
As expressed by others, make it clear that contrib...

                  	#24. Collectively Create an Innovation Strategy
Alexander N. Raikov, Director, Russian Federation
For the purpose of stimulating creativity and inno...

                  	#25. Visualize the GAP between Current (IST) and Desired (SOLL) Situation
Marcel Rietmaeker, Other, Belgium
A good start is to visualize (using a 
              
                  	#26. Determine the Focus Areas to Raise the Corporate Creativity Competence
Susanne Kanter, Management Consultant, Germany
@Marcel Rietmaeker

                  	#27. Use External People for (Extra) Creativity
Anand Brambha, Business Consultant, South Africa
The type of leaders within the organization often ...

                  	On #7: Inquisitiveness is not Enough for a Creative Solution, but is the First Step
Julio Hennings, Professor, Peru
@Herman: I belie...

                  	#28. Top Management Must Recognize the Relevance of C&I
Erico Ebeling, Consultant, Brazil
My understanding is that first of all, the decisio...

                  	On #5 and #20: Just Like you Encourage Children...
Ching Quek, Other, New Zealand
Just like the way you encourage your children... A...

                  	#29. Delegate Tasks as Much as Possible
Zaynabfaps adeleke, CEO, Nigeria
Employees of any organisation should be constantly...

                  	#30. Give Employees Time to Think and Work on own Projects
Rodel Carandang, Manager, Philippines
Give employees time to think.

Google give the...

                  	#31: Find and Match the Right Employees
#32. Provide Talent Career Development
kvssiyer, Consultant, India
Employees are creative and innovative by nature. I...

                  	#33. Look for a Freewheeling, Creative Thinking Mindset
Ceferino Dulay, Jr., Other, Philippines
I can understand a process of identifying problems...

                  	#34. Challenge Employees
N.Prabha, Teacher, India
According to my point of view - giving challenging...

                  	#35. Unlearn Past Experiences and Impressions
#36. Welcome and Encourage Diversity of Ideas
srinivas, Lecturer, India
What holds back in creating a qualitative creative...

                  	#37. Look for Inspiration Outside the Own Company Borders
Feyzal Peeroo, Accountant, Mauritius
It is not easy to be creative, unless the end just...

                  #38. Encourage All Staff to Do Things Slightly Differently
Harp Minhas, United Kingdom
Everyone is creative, it is not limited to the int...

                  	#39. See this Change as an Investment and as a Strategy
Martijnse, Management Consultant, Netherlands
A condition and strategy you might think of is to ...

                  	#40: Try to Focus the Creativity on CLIENT Requirements
PEDRO PAULO COSTALLAT BRUNO, Project Manager, Brazil
Creativity depends on the requirements. The diffic...

                  	#41. Become a Problem-solving Organization
Bernhard Keim, Business Consultant, Germany
The creative mind tries to solve problems for the ...

                  	#42: Listen to Internal Customers too
#43. Establish Informal and Transparent Communication
#44. Establish a Flexi Budget for R&D
Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
Dear all, for creativity to bloom remember:

#...

                  	If Creativity = Problem Solving, How do You Make it Happen?
Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States
@Bernhard Keim:...

                  	#45. Create a Bottom-up Communication Platform
Nelisa Koti, Student (MBA), South Africa
Bottom up is important. So a firm may establish so...

                  	Creativity - the Recipe
Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
Dear all, the barriers – often blinding us complet...

                  	#46. Create an Innovation Club and give Parties
Essentia, Consultant, United States
Innovation is at the heart of an individual's pers...

                  	#47. Make Innovators Rediscover the Creativity in Their Inner Self
Dr zahra gheidar, Consultant, Iran
Building on my suggestion for @

                  	#48. Reengineering
WAFULA BENJAMIN, CEO, Kenya
I' d like to reinforce the 
              
                  	On #39. See Innovation as a Strategic Effort rather than as Fixing Problems
Ceferino Dulay, Jr., Other, Philippines
Although problems present opportunities for innova...

                  	#49: Prize for Innovation
#50: Avoid Routine Environment
#51: Encourage Visiting Creative Events
#52. Ask for Feedback on Events
#53: Coffee Breaks
#54. Plants in the Office
GHESSASSI, Student (University), Morocco
I suggest to also consider the following measur...

                  #55. Do not Mandate Creativity; Nurture It
Alan Kennedy, Canada
Wow! What a great set of responses to Professor Pa...

                  	The Skunk Works as Important Metaphor
Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States
@Alan Kennedy: ...

                  	On #30: Creativity and the Ampersand
Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
Dear all, creativity needs an environment that cat...

                  	#56: Creative and Innovate Efforts Should Not Be Discouraged
Ofori Cassandra, Teacher, Ghana
@Arif ur Rehman...

                  	On #56: Creativity, Innovation and Discipline
Andrew Blaine, Business Consultant, South Africa
Any innovation that does not start from management...

                  	#57. Creativity is not an Exercise. It's an Attitude
Bernhard Keim, Business Consultant, Germany
Creativity depends on culture of an organization. ...

                  	On #56: Creativity, Democracy, Leadership
Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
@Ofori Cassandra

                  	Transparency and Democracy are not Synonymous Except in Retrospect
Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States
@Arif ur Rehman...

                  	The Leader's Trajectory
Arif ur Rehman, Professor, Pakistan
@Tom Wilson: En...

                  	Management as a Performance Art
Tom Wilson, HR Consultant, United States
@Arif ur Rehman...

                  	#58. Establish Employee-led Innovation
Anneke Zwart, Student (University), Netherlands
It has been recognized that innovation is not only...

                  	On #19. Innovation Committees and their Decisions
Andrew Blaine, Business Consultant, South Africa
@Albert Anthony D. G...

                  	#61. Ask Many Challenging Questions
Ceferino Dulay, Jr., Other, Philippines
Creativity is not something that you plan for and ...

                  	#62. Give Innovators a Status they can be Proud Of
Samoletov, Coach, Russian Federation
@Essentia: I ar...

                  	#63. Create an Idea-driven Organization
Prabhavathi A, Coach, India
In India and many other places, people work just t...

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