Innovation Beehive

Helping you accelerate the potential of your people, leaders, and ideas. Follow us for the latest insights in workplace #creativity & #innovation.

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

This National Inclusion Week, discover how diversity and inclusion drives innovation success >>> download our free white paper
https://t.co/7iJNLH11bK

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

So, what do we really mean when we talk about multicultural or culturally diverse teams? A great blog here from the CIPD https://t.co/WIgD4Foogp

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

Multicultural teams are not an emerging phenomenon – they have grown over the long term from globalisation, migration and greater workforce diversity. Great blog post here >>> https://t.co/WIgD4Foogp

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

This National Inclusion Week, think about how everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation. https://t.co/VkagnM5ZlX

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

It's National Inclusion Week. Check out the CIPD's factsheet which explores what workplace inclusion and diversity means, and how an effective strategy can support an organisation’s business objectives. https://t.co/VkagnM5ZlX

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

Great advice from the CIPD here: To reap the benefits of a diverse workforce it’s vital to have an inclusive environment where everyone feels able to participate and achieve their potential. https://t.co/VkagnM5ZlX

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

If the emotional connection to the culture is not there, the roots will be rotten and the culture will die. If the motivation is not there, the culture will not be nurtured and fed, and will wither. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

What are the roots of your organisation's culture: the emotional ground and motivational roots of the people in your organisation. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

It is important to ensure our culture articulation truly reflects what is going on beneath the surface. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

What does culture look like? What is visible is only a fraction of what exists in your organisation. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

Read our article to learn more about the Lily Pond analogy by Edgar Schein, but he took it one step further in a less well known metaphor, which actually articulates culture far more accurately than the iceberg. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

The visible elements of our culture are easy to articulate, but harder to sustain if they are not supported and nurtured. The Stem of the Water Lily : Going deeper, under the surface, we find the stems of the Water Lily. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

Schein’s analogy is useful for thinking about culture, because it pushes us to work hard to explore and investigate our organisation as an holistic, living entity. https://t.co/9pnYXH3aS7

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

It’s important to think about doing things that relate to the opportunity you have identified though… otherwise you could do this forever and not move beyond the insight phase! https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

What does their typical experience of your product or service look like? Step into their world by experiencing what it is like to deal with the challenges, pains, and unmet needs they face. https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

But there is more you can do to gain deep insight into your end user’s world. What do they actually do in relation to what you think you may be able to offer? https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

Learn about them by zeroing in on your target users and exploring the micro-trends hitting their lives. This will help you to contextualise the macro-trends in the context of your user-base. https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

To triangulate the data points you identify in your desk research and codify data into rich insights you need to step into the world of your end-user. https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

It certainly wouldn’t do you any harm to look at macro trends, customer feedback, and market data. https://t.co/UppzfviRF1

[Innovation Beehive @innovationbee]

That key requires a particular set of skills, a unique mindset, and an expansive perspective to see the world through the eyes of others. https://t.co/UppzfviRF1