Innovation at large companies is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. Follow these 9 innovative steps to innovate and increase innovation in the workplace and you’ll be innovating in no time.
[nextpage title=”1. Attend an innovation conference”]Attend an innovation conference that’s named a fun portmanteau of the word “innovate,” such as Finnovate, Technovate, or Diginnovate. Take a lot of notes and hand out business cards. Forget everything as soon as you leave.
[nextpage title=”2. Start an Innovation Lab”]Convert a corner office into an Innovation Lab (or Innovation Institute, or Innovation Incubator). Staff your Innovation Lab with current engineers who will continue working on their existing projects but will draw cool things on the whiteboards so it looks like they’re innovating.
[nextpage title=”3. Run a sprint”]Run a 3-day Innovation sprint where you lock everyone in a conference room and tell them to be creative. Put multi-colored post-it notes up on the walls. At the end of the sprint announce to the company how many great ideas came out of the sprint, then do none of them.
[nextpage title=” 4. Go on an Innovation retreat”]Take your executive team on an Innovation retreat like Steve Jobs used to do. Arrive with high hopes.
[nextpage title=”5. Just say the word “innovation” over and over again”]If you keep saying the word innovation over and over again, people will eventually assume you’re being really innovative.
[nextpage title=”6. Rename all your conference rooms”]Give your conference rooms the names of inspiring inventors, leaders and humanitarians and fill them with fun seating options like bean bag chairs, bouncy balls and massage chairs.
[nextpage title=”7. Become a “digital first” company”]Tell everyone you are now a “digital first” company. Update your word processing system from Lotus Notes to Office 365. Consider your job done. [nextpage title=”8. Change the font on your logo”]Re-imagine your logo for the digital age by changing the font from serif to sans-serif. [nextpage title=” 9. Steal something from Apple”]Stealing something from Apple is the most innovative way to be seen as an innovative, digital-first company.
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