Patterns of Creativity in Japan Lessons from Successful Japanese Companies – A Resource

Patterns Tagged ‘katayama’
Jokes = Ideas

“we place a lot of emphasis on jokes – they’re a great source of new ideas.”

Sophisticated and Open Information Systems

“…open information for operating level creativity, not control…”

Create Development Centers

Create Development Centers

“My Way”

“…support key employees with lengthy sabbaticals for the purposes of going ‘their way’…”

In-house Entrepreneurs

In-house Entrepreneurs

Project Based Employment

Project Based Employment

No Walls (Literally)

No Walls (Literally)

No Signatures

“..when you personally have to take responsibility for your work, you can’t be that cavalier about it….”

Cut Out Planning Documents

“…don’t become bound to something “that you have no idea of whether you will be able to fulfill or not”…”

“Interestingly Different”

“Interestingly Different”

What is your Consumer Logic?

What is your Consumer Logic?

Awards Breed Communication and Understanding

Awards Breed Communication and Understanding

Compare Technology Aims

Compare Technology Aims

Group Based Incentives

Group Based Incentives

Create “District Station Masters”

Create “District Station Masters”

Cut Out the Middle

“…walls need to be taken down and people need to be shown that they are all working for the same goals…”

Better Off Apart

Break up tightly coupled areas of the company….

Play Rugby

“…’shared division of labor’ is employed in the innovation process of Japanese organizations….”

Give Tangible Form to Ideas

Give Tangible Form to Ideas

Uncover New Values by Doing

Uncover New Values by Doing

Put Negative Energy to Work

“…allow people to make changes to the system, however small….”

No Longer Servants of the State

No Longer Servants of the State

Instill a Sense of Crisis

“….crisis gives rise to new ideas, revolutionary products and systems for organizational renewal.”

‘Now 21′

“..Now 21 – probe younger employees…”

Delegate (Credibly)

Delegate (Credibly)

Skill-Based Pay

“…paying by ability to perform a job encourages flexibility, breadth of knowledge, and the ability to problem-solve over more than one area of the firm….”

Reduce Workload by 30%

Reduce Workload by 30%