• Overview
• 1. Create opportunities to maximise innovation within the team
  • 1.1 What is innovation?
    • 1.1.1 Innovation and improvement
    • 1.1.2 Innovation and invention or discovery
    • 1.1.3 Innovation and reengineering
    • 1.1.4 Innovation, participation and speed of change
    • 1.1.5 To improve or reengineer processes?
    • 1.1.6 Innovation and organisational culture
    • 1.1.7 Innovation and organisational agility
  • 1.2 Evaluate and reflect on what the team needs and wants to achieve
    • 1.2.1 Innovation and creativity
    • 1.2.2 1. Idea capture
    • 1.2.3 2. Development
    • 1.2.4 3. Implementation
    • 1.2.5 Goal driven and prioritisation idea generation
    • 1.2.6 4. Improvement
  • 1.3 Check out information about current or potential team members’ work in the context of developing a more innovative team
    • 1.3.1 Idea generation and capture
    • 1.3.2 Convergent and divergent thinking
    • 1.3.3 Left- and right- brain activities
  • 1.4 Bring people into the team or make suggestions for team members based on what needs to be achieved and the potential for cross-fertilising ideas
    • 1.4.1 Avoiding group-think in teams
    • 1.4.2 Profiling your team members
  • 1.5 Acknowledge, respect and discuss the different ways that different people may contribute to building or enhancing the team
    • 1.5.1 Building a creative mindmix
    • 1.5.2 Developing an innovation plan
    • 1.5.3 Delegate roles in the innovation plan to individuals
  • References
• 2. Organise and agree effective ways of working
  • 2.1 Jointly establish ground rules for how the team will operate
  • 2.2 Agree and communicate responsibilities in ways that encourage and reinforce team-based innovation
    • 2.2.1 Participatively generate ideas
  • 2.3 Agree and share tasks and activities to ensure the best use of skills and abilities within the team
  • 2.4 Evaluating innovative ideas
    • 2.4.1 Plan and schedule activities to allow time for thinking, challenging and collaboration
    • 2.4.2 A. Six Hats Thinking
    • 2.4.3 B. Force field analysis
    • 2.4.4 C. Root cause analysis
    • 2.4.5 D. Matrix Analysis
    • 2.4.6 E. Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • 2.5 Establish personal reward and stimulation as an integral part of the team’s way of working
  • References
• 3. Support and guide colleagues
  • 3.1 Model behaviour that supports innovation
    • 3.1.1 Role model
    • 3.1.2 Building trust and confidence
    • 3.1.3 C.R.E.A.T.E. innovative behaviours
  • 3.2 Being an ‘Innovative Manager’
    • 3.2.1 Empowering others to create new futures
    • 3.2.2 The seven roles of an innovative manager
    • 3.2.3 Personal leadership styles
  • 3.3 Seek external stimuli and ideas to feed into team activities
    • 3.3.1 Networks and innovation
  • 3.4 Pro-actively share information, knowledge and experiences with other team members
    • 3.4.1 Participative communication and feedback
  • 3.5 Challenge and test ideas within the team in a positive and collaborative way
    • 3.5.1 Removing barriers to individual creativity
    • 3.5.2 Challenging and stimulating innovative effort
  • 3.6 Pro-actively discuss and explore ideas with other team members on an ongoing basis
    • 3.6.1 Accelerating the cycle time from idea to innovation
  • References

BSBINN301A Promote innovation in a team environment

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to lead and be an effective and pro‑active member of an innovative team.

In this Unit

• Session 1 - Create opportunities to maximise innovation within the team
• Session 2 - Organise and agree effective ways of working
• Session 3 - Support and guide colleagues

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