Better Guide Getting

Good IdeasTO

THE

FACT:Most companies Collect ideas Using Employee Suggestion boxes

but the PROBLEM is...

MOST

SUGGESTIONS

BOXES

BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS

ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HIGH

PERFORMING IDEA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS SEE...

4X EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATIONMORE IDEAS PER EMPLOYEEIDEAS TRANSLATE INTO S

MORE RESEARCH ON EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION BOX

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Extra Learning:

so how do you get better ideas?

Here are the 5 things you

need to know about getting

good ideas

EVERYONE CAN learn TO COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS

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IDEATION IS A SKILL THAT CAN BE LEARNED

AND IMPROVED.

LIKE KUNGFU

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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MATURITY MATRIX FOR IDEATION PROGRAMS

soapboxhq.com/blog/maturity-model-idea-management

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SPEND MORE TIME coming up with the question THAN ANSWERING IT

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HIGH PERFORMING IDEA MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS NEED A CONSTANT FLOW OF GOOD IDEAS

“IF I WERE TO SPEND AN

HOUR IN WHICH TO DO A

PROBLEM WHICH MY LIFE

DEPENDED, I WOULD

SPEND 40 MINUTES

STUDYING IT, 15 MINUTES

REVIEWING IT AND 5

MINUTES SOLVING IT”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

WHY DOES the question MATTER SO MUCH?

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HUMANS ARE BAD AT FREE ASSOCIATION.

HAVING A question PROVIDES CONTEXT, CLUES AND SUGGESTIONS TO HELP

THE FLOW OF IDEAS.

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eBookMORE ON CREATING GOOD QUESTIONS IN THE GOAL SETTING GUIDE FOR IDEA PROGRAMS EBOOK

Extra Learning:

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience) studied how nobel laureates and other creative people achieved their breakthroughs and discovered something interesting. Once they asked themselves the right question, their ideas flowed rapidly.

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GOOD IDEAS FORM SLOOOOWLY

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EUREKA MOMENTS ARE VERY RARE

ACCORDING TO STEVEN JOHNSON (AUTHOR OF WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM). THE

ideation process IS A COMBINATION OF REFLECTION TIME AND CONNECTING WITH

OTHERS TO SHARE IDEAS.

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FOR EXAMPLE, SIR

JAMES DYSON SPENT

OVER 5 YEARS AND

CREATED 5,000

PROTOTYPES TO

MAKE THE VACCUUM

Steven Johnson wrote a book about the natural history of innovation. In it, he discusses how the ideation process is actually a combination of reflection time and connecting with others to share ideas. Watch his TED talk on where good ideas come from.

MORE ON SIR JAMES DYSON AND THE INVENTION OF THE BAGLESS VACUUM

Extra Learning:

www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/vacuum-innovation.html

WE LEARN FROM OTHER GOOD IDEAS

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RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WITH EVERY IDEA THAT WE SEE IMPLEMENTED, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR FUTURE IDEAS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ALSO GOES UP.

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ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DON’T LEARN FROM FAILED IDEAS OR IDEAS

THAT DON’T GET IMPLEMENTED.

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eBookMORE RESEARCH ON EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION BOX

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BRAINSTORMING IS NOT A GOOD SOURCE OF IDEAS (UNLESS IT’S USED PROPERLY)

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BRAINSTORMING DOES NOT INCREASE THE QUANTITY OF IDEAS.

THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING UP WITH IDEAS INDIVIDUALLY WILL ALWAYS PRODUCE MORE IDEAS

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BRAINSTORMING IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP THE LATER STAGES OF IDEATION TO COMBINE IDEAS INTO THEMES THAT LEAD TO EVEN BETTER IDEAS

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MORE ON BEST PRACTICES FOR BRAINSTORMING

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LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

Ideation is like learning kungfu - you need to practice and improve the skill to get better ideas

A good question will help ideas flow by providing context and cues

Good ideas need time and feedback from others

We come up with better ideas by seeing other implemented ideas

Use brainstorming to fuse ideas together rather than source ideas

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LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

Ideation is like learning kungfu - you need to practice and improve the skill to get better ideas

A good question will help ideas flow by providing context and cues

Good ideas need time and feedback from others

We come up with better ideas by seeing other implemented ideas

Use brainstorming to fuse ideas together rather than source ideas

1

2

3

4

LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

Ideation is like learning kungfu - you need to practice and improve the skill to get better ideas

A good question will help ideas flow by providing context and cues

Good ideas need time and feedback from others

We come up with better ideas by seeing other implemented ideas

Use brainstorming to fuse ideas together rather than source ideas

1

2

3

4

5

LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

Ideation is like learning kungfu - you need to practice and improve the skill to get better ideas

A good question will help ideas flow by providing context and cues

Good ideas need time and feedback from others

We come up with better ideas by seeing other implemented ideas

Use brainstorming to fuse ideas together rather than source ideas

1

2

3

4

5

Ideation is like learning kungfu - you need to practice and improve the skill to get better ideas

A good question will help ideas flow by providing context and cues

Good ideas need time and feedback from others

We come up with better ideas by seeing other implemented ideas

Use brainstorming to fuse ideas together rather than source ideas

LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

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