Ignite

Having embedded within the organisations structure the appropriate roles that collectively provide the optimum focus and stimulus for innovation effort at every level within the organisation.

· Ensuring that all employees understand how they can contribute towards the organisation's innovation activity

· Having in place ‘innovation champions’ linked through a ‘virtual’ network that enables them to share views, opinions, experiences and lessons learnt

· Providing all personnel with clear financial and non-financial objectives for what they need to achieve in the area of innovation

· Establishing a clear organisation structure for innovation which makes clear the various roles involved in the process and delivery of innovation initiatives

· Constantly reviewing the innovation organisation structure to ensure it remains fit for purpose and effective

· Clearly articulating for all personnel involved in the process of innovation, i.e. champions, sponsors, project managers, etc their responsibilities for innovation within their role profile

· Providing a widespread understanding of the innovation organisation design across the entire business, including how the various roles and responsibilities relate to each other

· Establishing innovation champions in every aspect of the organisation who fully understand their role and what they need to do to fill it successfully

Where the organisation recognises the value of innovation as a core competence and delivers a suite of developmental activities to ensure that all staff are able to operate at their maximum potential with regard to innovation.

· Providing all employees with specific targets for their individual contribution of ideas and suggestions to the innovation process

· Delivering innovative solutions is accepted by all managers as one of their core capabilities

· Providing all of the management team with the skills and capability to deliver innovation solutions in their area of the organisation

· Embedding innovation within the overall organisation management development programme

· Having a highly effective process for identifying potential new managers who have the talent to drive innovation

· Ensuring that the managers who are the most skilled in driving innovation are working in the areas where these skills are most needed

· Establishing an ongoing process for measuring the innovation ability within the management team and comparing this against the requirement in order for the business to be a success

· Providing management development for innovation that is tailored to the specific requirements of the organisation

· Putting in place an ongoing process of coaching and support for all of the management team which specifically covers innovation

· Providing training for innovation champions that is tailored to the specific requirements of the organisation

· Providing training for innovation practioners that is tailored to the specific requirements of the organisation

· Ensuring that the skills and attributes for innovation are given adequate weighting against other selection criteria in the recruitment process

This includes:

· Continuously reviewing the coverage and depth of innovation skills throughout the organisation to ensure it remains at the optimum level to support the needs of the whole organisation

· Ensuring that the level of appropriate skills of innovation leaders is consistently at a level required for them to fill this element of their role successfully

· Ensuring that the level of appropriate skills of innovation champions is consistently at a level required for them to fill this element of their role successfully

· Ensuring that the level of appropriate skills of innovation practioners is consistently at a level required for them to fill this element of their role successfully

· Providing an appropriate level of creative problem solving skills throughout the organisation

· Providing an appropriate level of project management and implementation skills throughout the organisation

· Providing an appropriate level of change management skills throughout the organisation