How many great ideas are "buried" in your organisation?

ideas-bg helps teams and organisations to solve problems faced by them by creating "idea-friendly", collaborative workshop environments in which ideas can be offered and given a proper hearing, in a way they wouldn't normally be able to.

How ideas often get treated:

'Innovation time' treatment of ideas:








These ideas friendly environments are also known as 'innovation time', 'ideation' or 'innovation' workshops. Or structured brainstorming.

This 'innovation time' can be used in a highly flexible way, from a 'one-off' couple of hours, to a regular programme of innovation dedicated time.

One of the simplest ways to initially benefit from using 'innovation time' is by holding an 'innovation after hours' (when the working day is over) an 'innovation lunch' (over a lunch so as not to disrupt the working day), or 'innovation day' (taking a 1/2 day or day out of the normal working routine to try to push for some breakthrough thinking).

So how many great ideas are buried in your organisation?

CURRENT IDEAS-BG OFFERS:

We've now grouped our ideas-bg 'innovation time' offers around five main themes, to make it easier for you to see how your team or organisation can find out how to benefit:

1. 'BLUE SKY' Innovation Time
Use your innovation time to generate ideas about how the team or organisation could be better, in general. This is a positive, forward looking, 'anything goes!' use of innovation time.

2. 'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?' Innovation Time
Everything on the surface going well? Sure? You could think of this use of innovation time as a way to find out what problems your people are most concerned with? This is a facing up to reality, 'what are the big problems guys?' use of innovation time.

You need a lot of ideas
to have a good one:











3. 'TASK SPECIFIC IDEATION' Innovation Time
You know the problem you want to address, the opportunity you want to capitalise upon, or strategy you want to develop. This is the central pillar of ideas-bg work, using close stakeholders in a team or organisation to push for many focussed ideas around a well defined task, problem or challenge. It's 'generate ideas' use of innovation time.

4. 'TASK SPECIFIC INNOVATION' Innovation Time
We've discovered a good idea, but it's not yet developed in to something that is fully defined or can be actioned. This kind of innovation time naturally follows IDEATION. From all the ideas generated here you find a gold nugget that is developed in the INNOVATION session. This is 'develop an already defined great idea' use of innovation time.

5. 'HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY' Innovation Time
As we've built the business it's been interesting to see how so many clients want to use their innovation time to ensure successful implementation of defined strategies and programmes across business functions. Get the relevant folk in a room together and It's 'implement successfully' use of innovation time.

TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755

'Innovation Lunches'
typically* run from 12.30 to 2pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)

'Innovation After Hours'
typically* run from 5.30 to 7pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)

'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)

TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755

*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.

All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.