The A to Z of Idea Management for Organizational Improvement and Innovation is the one resource you need to set up and manage a high performing Idea and Recognition System. It explains how to avoid problems that can undermine idea systems
- How hierarchical management derails the idea train.
- Why cash awards fail to inspire ideas.
- How egos and slow response time kill innovation.
It outlines and explains everything you need to tailor a unique, effective and dynamic idea system for your organization:
- Six ways to harvest ideas from employees, suppliers, and customers.
- Key elements of a successful idea process and clear paths to implementation.
- How to recognized good ideas.
- How to champion innovation with publicity and best practice measurements.
And much more! Whether your organization wants to update an outmoded suggestion system or start harvesting ideas for the first time, this book contains everything you need to begin.
James A Schwarz has nineteen years of hands-on global experience working with organizational idea systems. From public sector to private sector, he has watched organizations succeed and fail at enlisting improvement efforts from employees and other stakeholders. In this book, he brings his no-nonsense approach to creating idea systems that work. Jim once worked in high-tech manufacturing as an engineer in the US and Mexico and has taught snow skiing at major resorts on three continents. His undergraduate degree in electrical engineering is from the University of Minnesota. He graduated from the American Graduate School of International Management - honing international business skills and language skills (Spanish/Portuguese). Now the CEO of Total Quality Systems Software, a firm that creates best-practice management solutions for idea systems through its comprehensive suite of Simplified Idea Management (SIM) software products. He draws from this diverse international experience to work with organizations that are equally diverse. He resides in Montrose, Colorado.
Paperback • 222 pages • ISBN 978-0-9794538-0-9
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