How to encourage employees to generate ideas

Most companies struggle on what strategies they can employ to make their employees engage in idea generation over and above their day to day activities and set targets. Some organizations have made strides by having suggestion boxes which are meant to provide feedback or suggest new ways of doing things. However, these suggestion boxes have been found not to be effective and hence the culture of ideation and creativity is not infused withing the corporate framework and strategy.. Some organizations benchmark with the best in the market but still do not achieve the results mainly because they still do not get it right the first time. Well, all is not lost and you are never too late to start on ideation within your organization. Here are some useful tips that you can employ:

1.Get rid of the suggestion boxes

2.Provide non-monetary incentives for idea generations

3. Provide an environment where employees have time to work on their own projects within the organization working time. This can be two days in a week. However, accountability is key .

4.Link your employees with the best in their fields

5.Reward successful ideas

#Bideation is all you need for smooth transition into creativity and innovation

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