“we place a lot of emphasis on jokes – they’re a great source of new ideas.”
“…open information for operating level creativity, not control…”
Create Development Centers
“…support key employees with lengthy sabbaticals for the purposes of going ‘their way’…”
In-house Entrepreneurs
Project Based Employment
No Walls (Literally)
“..when you personally have to take responsibility for your work, you can’t be that cavalier about it….”
“…don’t become bound to something “that you have no idea of whether you will be able to fulfill or not”…”
“Interestingly Different”
What is your Consumer Logic?
Awards Breed Communication and Understanding
Compare Technology Aims
Group Based Incentives
Create “District Station Masters”
“…walls need to be taken down and people need to be shown that they are all working for the same goals…”
Break up tightly coupled areas of the company….
“…’shared division of labor’ is employed in the innovation process of Japanese organizations….”
Give Tangible Form to Ideas
Uncover New Values by Doing
“…allow people to make changes to the system, however small….”
No Longer Servants of the State
“….crisis gives rise to new ideas, revolutionary products and systems for organizational renewal.”
“..Now 21 – probe younger employees…”
Delegate (Credibly)
“…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%