Is there a gap between the rate of growth that you’re achieving and the rate of growth that you want or need to achieve to remain competitive?

If you are questioning whether there are enough break-through ideas in your pipeline or are concerned by the possibility of a new competitor disrupting your business model, our Innovate Programme can help.

Nicole Kobie, in the Telegraph, gives 7 ways you can encourage innovation at your business. “Building an innovation process into your company – no matter how big or small it is – can help inspire ideas from staff and customers, let you trial suggestions with less risk, and keep you ahead of the curve (and your rivals).”

Kobie says that communication is important to your organisation to ensure you can meet the needs and demands of your customers quickly and efficiently. Your employees will appreciate knowing what is going on at the ‘top’ of the company, how the books are looking and, yes, if there have been any failures.

We largely agree! But with one important caveat! In our experience simply keeping everyone in your business informed is too passive an approach! You need to take communication one step further. You need to involve everyone in the business in the innovation process! It’s involvement and participation that produces understanding, commitment and buy-in. Communication alone won’t cut it!

If you are concerned that you may not have enough people in your organisation with an entrepreneurial mindset who can spot opportunities and deliver them, or are unsure whether you can grow and respond to corporate demands to increase the size of your business then take a look, and contact us. Our Innovate Programme enables you to transform your future by driving planned growth through innovation.

Would you like to learn more? Get in touch via the contact form on our website (www.ninety-days.co.uk) or by emailing contact@ninety-days.co.uk to discuss what it is you feel you need and to see if our experience can help.

References:

Nicole Kobie (29 December 2016) How to encourage innovation at your business, Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/small-business/innovation/how-to-encourage-innovation-at-your-business/ (Accessed: 18th April 2018).