Modern companies face the challenge of systematically capturing creative impulses and implementing them sustainably. This is where idea management comes into play. It is more than just collecting suggestions. It is a continuous process that actively involves employees and promotes innovation throughout the organisation. KIROI step 7 in particular provides important impetus here. It helps organisations not to view ideas in isolation, but to anchor them as an integral part of the corporate culture.
Idea management as a continuous support process
Many companies find that simply collecting ideas is not enough. There is often a lack of a sustainable culture that keeps suggestions alive and develops them further. Idea management is therefore understood as a dynamic support process. It ensures an ongoing exchange and accompanies the ideas through all phases - from submission to implementation.
In the automotive industry, moderated workshops regularly show how ideas for increasing production efficiency can be quickly transformed into profitable solutions. Teams there benefit from the support of experts who remove blockages in communication and open up new perspectives. In the financial services sector, this approach helps to successfully integrate suggestions for improving customer processes into agile development teams, which increases customer satisfaction. Similarly, a large retail group uses a digital exchange platform to transparently bundle suggestions from numerous branches and thus quickly communicate and implement regional innovations throughout the company.
Idea management in practice: examples from the industry
In mechanical engineering, moderated innovation workshops regularly bring together ideas from different areas and create new synergies. This allows product innovations to reach production more quickly. Software development companies strengthen collaboration and improve the quality of new features by actively involving development teams. At the same time, retail companies support digital platforms through which employees from different branches can transparently exchange and implement ideas.
A software developer integrated feedback loops to turn customer wishes into product features. These are practical examples that show how flexible and lively idea management can be. Clients often report that they rarely achieve top performance with classic idea management because the best ideas often lie dormant in other departments.
Idea management and transruption coaching
Transruption coaching helps teams to recognise blockages, develop new perspectives and take concrete steps towards implementation. It supports organisations in establishing a culture of innovation that involves all levels of the company. Support from experienced coaches is crucial for sustainable success.
In industrial production, targeted moderated workshops were used to systematically identify obstacles to the realisation of promising ideas. This resulted in an accelerated realisation of innovation projects and a more intensive exchange between the specialist departments, which sustainably strengthened the innovative power.
BEST PRACTICE with one customer (name hidden due to NDA contract) In the area of industrial production, step 7 was used to systematically identify obstacles to the realisation of promising ideas. The obstacles were removed through moderated workshops. This resulted in an accelerated realisation of innovation projects and a more intensive exchange between the specialist departments, which sustainably strengthened the innovative power.
Idea management as a corporate strategy
Many companies now realise that simply collecting suggestions is not enough. Idea management needs more: a holistic process that involves all employees. KIROI Step 7 therefore focusses on the company-wide use and continuous monitoring of idea processes. A central approach is to break down barriers and facilitate transparent dialogue. In this way, employees feel that they are taken seriously and actively promote the innovative strength of their company.
For example, a digital platform in a retail company ensures that suggestions quickly become visible and that all shops learn from each other. In industrial production, moderated innovation workshops regularly bring together ideas from different areas and create new synergies. A software developer integrated feedback loops to turn customer wishes into product features. These are practical examples that show how flexible and lively idea management can be.
My analysis
Today, idea management is a decisive success factor for companies that want to remain continuously innovative and hold their own against the competition. It is more than just collecting suggestions. It is a dynamic process that promotes an open communication culture and breaks down barriers within the company. This is exactly where KIROI Step 7 comes in: Idea management is effectively unleashed company-wide with targeted measures. Support from experienced coaches is crucial for sustainable success.
Further links from the text above:
Idea management 2.0: KIROI step 7 for company-wide innovation
Rethinking ideas management: KIROI step 7 for your company
Rethinking ideas management: KIROI step 7 for companies
Rethinking ideas management: KIROI step 7 for companies
Unleashing idea management: KIROI step 7 for companies
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