Uncovering ideas that are already in your business - fostering intrapreneurs

Is your organisation burying the seeds of great ideas, or planting them?

All seeds need both moisture and air to germinate. Once seeds have germinated and broken through the surface of the soil, they all need sunlight to grow. What about ideas? Particularly ideas WITHIN your business? What conditions are required to cultivate ideas and have them grow into valuable improvements and innovation?

As external consultants, AstuteOps provide a fresh set of eyes with which to view a business. We pay particular attention to the organisational environment and whether it is conducive to generating new ideas and positive contributions from employees (unlocking hidden capability and capacity).

It is naïve to assume that employees will share potentially great ideas when they have them. Your organisation needs to prove that it is worthwhile for employees to speak up and speak out.

AstuteOps Tips

> Actively seek suggestions and input (leaders need to go

to where work is performed);

> Build relationships and demonstrate Trust (walk-the-talk);

> Make it safe to speak out (making improvement suggestions and sharing new ideas means challenging the status-quo … employee fear of judgement or repercussions, stunts sharing)

We have all heard of entrepreneurs. But not many businesspeople are familiar with the term intrapreneur. An intrapreneur is the term given to employees who generate new ideas and drive innovation and change within an organisation. AstuteOps can assist you to create a supportive environment for intrapreneurs.

Intrapreneurs are the generators of the ‘seeds of ideas’, the beginnings of the innovation and improvement in your business. In order to germinate they need encouragement (the equivalent of moisture) and trust (the equivalent of air). Sunlight comes in the form of support & resources from leadership and operations management. Are you creating the environment for improvement?