Ideas are free how the idea revolution is liberating people and transforming organizations
The fact is, because they're the ones actually doing the day-to-day work front-line employees see a great many problems and opportunities that their managers don't. But most organizations do very poorly at tapping into this extraordinary potential source of revenue-enhancing, savings-gener...
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San Francisco :
Berrett-Koehler
[2006], c2005.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 THE IDEA REVOLUTION; What's in an Idea?; How Ideas Drive a Culture of High Performance; The Need for Managerial Humility; Why Organizations Never Run Out of Improvement Opportunities; Overview of the Book's Main Points; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2 THE POWER OF SMALL IDEAS; Excellence Depends on Small Ideas; Small Ideas and Rapid Organizational Learning; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; How Small Ideas Lead to Big Ones; The True Currency of Managing Ideas; Key Points; CHAPTER 3 THE PITFALLS OF REWARDS; Some Inconvenient Evidence
- Why Do People Step Forward with Ideas?The Invisible Costs of Rewards; Reward Systems That Work; Key Points; CHAPTER 4 MAKING IDEAS EVERYONE'S JOB; "It's Not Your Job to Think"; Making Ideas Part of Employees' Work; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Supervisors; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Middle Managers; Making Ideas Part of the Work of Senior Leaders; Making Ideas Part of the Organization's Work; Key Points; CHAPTER 5 PUTTING THE PROCESS IN PLACE; Characteristic 1: Ideas Are Encouraged and Welcomed; Characteristic 2: Submitting Ideas Is Simple
- Characteristic 3: Evaluation of Ideas Is Quick and Effective Characteristic 4: Feedback Is Timely, Constructive, and Informative; Characteristic 5: Implementation Is Rapid and Smooth; Characteristic 6: Ideas Are Reviewed for Additional Potential; Characteristic 7: People Are Recognized, and Success Is Celebrated; Characteristic 8: Idea System Performance Is Measured, Reviewed, and Improved; Key Points; CHAPTER 6 FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST; Choosing What to Focus On; Making Focus a Way of Life; Key Points; CHAPTER 7 GETTING MORE AND BETTER IDEAS; How People Come Up with Ideas
- Idea Activators How to Broaden Employees' Perspectives; Improving Alertness to Problems and Opportunities; Key Points; CHAPTER 8 LIBERATION AND TRANSFORMATION; Ideas and Attitudes; Ideas and Respect, Trust, and Involvement; Ideas and Interpersonal Relations; How Ideas Counter Learned Helplessness; Ideas and a High-Performance Culture; Parting Thoughts; Key Points; Notes; Index; About the Authors
