{"id":5398,"date":"2018-04-11T09:19:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T09:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glocalthinking.com\/activities-for-stimulating-idea-generation\/"},"modified":"2021-08-31T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T10:39:09","slug":"activities-for-stimulating-idea-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glocalthinking.com\/en\/activities-for-stimulating-idea-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities for stimulating idea generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

More and more companies are committing to innovation, as a mechanism for differentiation. A scenario of this kind requires companies to continue exploiting their traditional business, while exploring at the same time future possibilities for creating value. Accordingly, organizations must create environments that permit both approaches to coexist harmoniously. Often the day-today business life ends up drowning out the initiatives for innovation. This is especially true in the initial stage of the innovation process.<\/p>\n

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This initial stage includes the identification of opportunities, the generation of ideas, as well as later choosing and evolving them. As innovation arises from intersecting disciplines, it is crucial to span different points of view. This can be achieved through connecting people, while making sure the right conversations and collaborations take place.<\/p>\n

These connections can, or rather should, go beyond the organization\u2019s walls, to become richer with outside talent this way. Indeed, this function of connecting people and generating conversations is one of the functions that must be addressed immediately by managers in charge of talent management.<\/p>\n

That is why the HR department must play a central role in this effort, in which creating communities and promoting activities for connecting people must be among its priorities. Rather than the communities themselves, what should interest the company, and should thus be espoused, are the activities taking place in these communities. These activities can be either internal or external, and either formal or informal. The main purpose of these activities is to provide knowledge and inspiration to ultimately generate new ideas.<\/p>\n

Internal and informal activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

These activities take place inside the company and they are not directed nor controlled by senior managers. This does not mean that they cannot participate in them, nevertheless this will only be recommended if an environment of trust and security is created, and only if the manager abandons his stripes and behaves just like another participant.<\/p>\n

In this category, both physical and virtual work spaces are important.<\/p>\n