get people to contribute ideas to your challenge is to let everyone know you almost have the
number of ideas you are shooting for.
of a successful collaborative innovation strategy is to make certain you
communicate the team's successes. It is
a terrific way to let everyone know their efforts are being rewarded. Armed with this knowledge those who collaborate
gain enthusiasm for continuing to provide contributions.
plays a considerable role in the collaborative ideation process. Sometimes it's about pitting one team against
another. Sometimes audiences are 'engaged'
with the notion of a 'point scheme' whereby each member gets a basket of points
for a challenge, allowed then to assign up to a certain number of those points
to any given idea. This gets contributors
thinking; it gets their wheels turning; they're interactively engaged, enthused
and participating.
it may seem like a small thing...
is making (toward the number of ideas you've set as your goal) will spur
additional ideas and participation.
that big poster of a thermometer on the village square that notes the progress
of the fund raising project? Well it
seems that works.
more likely to contribute when the goals are close to being reached.
should give you two pieces of advice when launching your idea challenge...
accomplishments and milestones in the Innovation process is an important step
in demonstrating a senior level company endorsement of Innovation for two
reasons:
-
It keeps the
employees' spirit and energy high, and turns more people into Innovation
'believers' -
It showcases the
management's commitment to making Innovation an integral part of the way the
company operates
in place a few short-term and a few long-term goals and then track the team's
progress toward achieving them. When a goal is accomplished, make it a point to
praise the team.
to celebrate progress, to recognize individual accomplishments and reflect on
the work completed thus far, it is also possible to evaluate the overall Innovation
effort and course correct, if necessary.
communicate the progress of the challenge; the number of ideas 'achieved' so
far by posting a progress chart on the innovation portal dashboard, by sending
out a daily, weekly, monthly newsletter or by sending an email directly noting
the progress everyone has made to date.
conclusion
of an attainable number of ideas for a challenge. Raise the goal number of ideas as the
challenge progresses. Communicate the
progress of the challenge to the contributor community.
'Goal Gradient in Helping Behavior,' Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
(forthcoming).
Ron Shulkin blogs, researches and writes
about enterprise technology focused on social media, innovation, voice of the
customer, marketing automation and enterprise feedback management. You
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Ron Shulkin is Vice President of the Americas
for CogniStreamer', an innovation ecosystem. CogniStreamer serves as a
Knowledge Management System, Idea Management System and Social Network for
Innovation. CogniStreamer has been rated as a 'Leader' in Forrester's recent Wave
report on Innovation Management Tools. You can learn more about CogniStreamer
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The Idea Management Group on LinkedIn (JoinHere).