employee involvement

Accelerating innovation at Lufthansa Systems

Posted on February 17th, 2017 by John Bessant

This case study explains how Lufthansa Systems have been mobilising internal entrepreneurship through the version of an accelerator programme.   Lufthansa Systems case

High involvement innovation – deep dive

Posted on February 15th, 2015 by John Bessant

‘With every pair of hands you get a free brain!’   This comment from a manager sums up a big innovation challenge.  how to mobilise the natural creativity within a workforce and engage them in the innovation challenge?  This deep dive explores some of the issues involved. High involvement innovation There is a related tool

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Teambuilding

Posted on December 4th, 2014 by John Bessant

This resource gives an overview of the importance of team roles. Teambuilding (1) It is based on the work of Meredith Belbin and more information about his description of team roles can be found here A version of the questionnaire which will allow you to assess your own and other team roles can be found here

High involvement innovation audit tool

Posted on December 4th, 2014 by John Bessant

High involvement innovation audit tool

Veeder-Root transcript

Posted on November 2nd, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a transcript for the video film about Veeder Root.Veeder-Root transcript

Emma Taylor interview transcript

Posted on October 22nd, 2014 by John Bessant

Emma Taylor – Denso Systems transcript

Lynne Maher interview

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation at the UK National Health Service Institute for Innovation and Improvement talking about experience-based design and other approaches to innovation in the health sector.   A transcript of the interview is here

Workplace innovation – involving employees

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

These are a series of links to video resources which form part of an EU funded programme on Workplace Innovation – EUWIN.  More details are available from their website and you can click on these links for specific resources: Employee engagement in innovation – a short video/cartoon highlighting some of the key challenges and opportunities in

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Veeder-Root

Posted on June 20th, 2014 by Sarah Booth

This film shows an example of employee involvement in innovation and how it can contribute to sustained successful performance.  There is a transcript of this video available here.

Emma Taylor – Denso Systems

Posted on June 20th, 2014 by Sarah Booth

In this video Emma Taylor of Denso Systems talks about some of the challenges in empowering and enabling employees to become part of a sustained innovation effort across the organization.  You can find a transcript of this interview here.