Update to the Innovation Programs Assessment Model
This post was first published on LinkedIn . Jeff Zias and I are writing the book Grassroots Innovation in the Enterprise to be published this fall. In March, we published a blog post where we introduced a draft of a model to help assess innovation programs in the enterprise. To review, the model included these four facets: Freedom – Employees are given autonomy to explore ideas they are passionate about. Time – Employees are given self-directed time, carved out from their day jobs, to work on their own projects. Collaborative Culture and Tools – Employees can easily find out what other employees are working on in their self-directed projects, provide feedback, and form teams across organizational and geographic boundaries. Funding and Support – Employees are given resources, tools, training, and senior leadership mentoring to develop their self-directed projects. A formal process is in place allowing projects to “graduate” to officially funded initiatives. W...