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At the behest of one of our clients, SIT studied innovation rewards and recognition practices among 20 companies<\/a>, from multinationals to SMEs, ranging in size from 200 to 200,000 employees and across sectors such as finance, healthcare, consumer goods, marketing, agriculture, food, hardware, etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n #1.<\/strong> Innovate in your own skin<\/strong><\/p>\n Design rewards that are consistent with your company\u2019s culture, products, structure, and goals. Copy only if you think the model will work for your company, not because it worked wonders somewhere else.<\/p>\n #2. Involve authors in the implementation process<\/strong><\/p>\n There is nothing more exciting than seeing your idea come to life. Seeing ideas through to their completion and implementation is often the greatest reward.<\/p>\n #3. Have something set aside for spot-rewards\/awards<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.65″ src=”https:\/\/www.sitsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fireworks.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” custom_margin=”50px|||” alt=”incentivizing innovation” animation=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Not everything needs to be a huge production. Give managers some ideas as well as a budget to acknowledge or reward innovative behavior when they see it.<\/p>\n #4.<\/strong> Uniform method<\/strong><\/p>\n Try to have some alignment throughout the company of what\u2019s being done, which, at some level, involves everyone in the company. It can be exciting and surprising to see where ideas originate!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n #5.<\/strong> Short term-ism<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Rewards with a lasting impact can be powerful. Money can be spent and vouchers used, but a letter can be read over and over and plaques displayed proudly!<\/p>\n #6<\/strong> A system that causes strife and division:<\/strong><\/p>\n Make sure you reward in a fair and consistent way. For example, if you create a system based on managerial discretion, follow up on it to ensure all managers are indeed providing rewards. Or, provide guidelines that allow people to win more than once, if appropriate.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.65″ src=”https:\/\/www.sitsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shortf.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” border_style=”solid” force_fullwidth=”off” custom_margin=”70px|||” alt=”incentivizing innovation” animation=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Incentivizing innovation takes a lot of attention and practice, but it\u2019s crucial to the development of an innovative organization. The more engaged your team is, the better your results.<\/p>\n What rewards and recognition practices have worked best in your organization?<\/p>\n Read more about how to optimize your innovation strategy– this time by making your idea a “sweet idea”<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Incentivizing Innovation: How can you get your employees more actively engaged in innovation? At the behest of one of our clients, SIT studied innovation rewards and recognition practices among 20 companies, from multinationals to SMEs, ranging in size from 200 to 200,000 employees and across sectors such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Incentivizing Innovation: How can you get your employees more actively engaged in innovation?<\/strong><\/p> At the behest of one of our clients, SIT (Systematic Inventive Thinking) studied innovation rewards and recognition practices among 20 companies, from multinationals to SMEs, ranging in size from 200 to 200,000 employees and across sectors such as finance, healthcare, consumer goods, marketing, agriculture, food, hardware, etc. From it, we have extracted the seven best and worst practices for incentivizing innovation in your company.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> #1.<\/strong> Innovate in your own skin<\/strong><\/p> Design rewards that are consistent with your company\u2019s culture, products, structure, and goals. Copy only if you think the model will work for your company, not because it worked wonders somewhere else.<\/p> #2. Involve authors in the implementation<\/strong><\/p> There is nothing more exciting than seeing your idea come to life. Seeing ideas through to their completion and implementation is often the greatest reward.<\/p> #3. Have something set aside for spot-rewards\/awards<\/strong><\/p> Not everything needs to be a huge production. Give managers some ideas and budget to acknowledge or reward innovative behavior when they see it.<\/p> #4.<\/strong> Uniform method<\/strong><\/p> Try to have some alignment throughout the company of what\u2019s being done that at some level involves everyone at the company. You\u2019d be surprised where ideas originate!<\/p>Based on our research and findings, we\u2019ve compiled a list of some of the best and worst practices for incentivizing innovation and for building your rewards and recognition programs.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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