Management Questions

Collect and connect dots

• Is knowledge and skills building encouraged?
• Are people encouraged to explore new disciplines?
• Do individuals collect and combine ideas?
• Are individuals encouraged to look at work through various filters?
• Does the organization collect, combine, disseminate, and reward best ideas?
• Are individuals encouraged to challenge norms?
• Is a standard process used for innovation (diverge then converge)?
• Are centers of excellence used to build broad-based expertise?

Invest time and money

• Are efforts adequately funded in terms of money and resources?
• Is time allocated for innovative thinking, reflection, and planning (15% rule)?
• Does the physical environment facilitate communication and collaboration?

Networked Organization

• Is your organization an “alliance-based network of capabilities?”
• Are procedural or technical standards used only where informal coordination is ineffective?
• Is data shared across the organization?
• Are non-critical capabilities outsourced?
• Are performance objectives aligned across organizations?
• Is decision making pushed to the lowest levels of organization?

Internal Markets

• Is cross-unit cooperation encouraged through appropriate incentives?
• Is internal competition used to keep people on their toes?
• Are survival of the fittest/free market models applied throughout the organization?

Source:
24/7 Innovation Diagnostic
24/7 Innovation

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