Expanding employee involvement in idea generation and innovation programs benefits management and employees.
Innovation is more than just ideation; it starts with identifying trends and technologies, followed by targeted idea development, and finally executing a sustainable innovation strategy.
Adobe's Kickbox program gives every employee with an idea the opportunity to experiment on it with a red box that includes $1,000 on a pre-paid credit card. The company trusts its employees to spend the money wisely, and even if the idea fails, it actively measures what went wrong to learn from its mistakes.
