August 2019

Devon and Cornwall Police Case Study

Eduard2019-10-04T17:24:52+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos|

“The important thing is that you have an environment where people are doing their job at any level have a process they can flash about ideas without fear of criticism, without immediately knocking them on the head and just doing the what ifs." The Devon & Cornwall Police inaugurated a cross rank discussion group in Cornwall to explore new ways of working, communication and collaborating, but can a highly regulated organisation such as a regional police force promote and develop employee driven innovation?

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The Met Office

Eduard2019-10-04T17:25:30+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos|

The Met Office is the UK’s national weather service and a trading arm of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Inspired by external influence, a small core of innovators began a process of ‘guerrilla’ tactics exploiting the organisation’s grown up attitude towards managerial responsibility and decision-making to drive the process forward, firstly by visiting other businesses including Google and Innocent and learning from the experiences they found there. The Met Office experience produced some interesting observations for others to consider in the process of introducing workplace innovation.

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Novozymes: Rethinking tomorrow

Eduard2019-10-04T17:26:14+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos, Resource CLEV|

Novozymes is a biotech-based company, headquartered in Denmark and employing approximately 6,000 people in 30 countries. Its products - industrial enzymes, microorganisms, biopolymers and other proteins - allow industry to achieve more efficient use of raw materials, reduce energy consumption, replace traditional chemicals with more sustainable alternatives, and offer higher-quality products to customers.

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Innocent – smoothie makers

Eduard2020-09-17T12:55:52+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos, Resource EDI|

Innocent employees are actively encouraged to suggest ways to improve the business, whether it be new products, business streams or better ways of working.

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Red Gate Software

Eduard2019-10-04T17:27:18+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos, Resource EDI|

"If we are not failing we are not trying hard enough". Red Gate is a software company providing “ingeniously simple” tools for technology professionals worldwide. Although it is growing, Red Gate tries to maintain its original start-up, informal culture by using a variety of tools and initiatives to encourage employee-led innovation and strengthen its engaged culture.

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inet-logistics GmbH: breaking down walls and ceilings

Eduard2019-10-04T17:28:10+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos, Resource SMP|

The company has promoted creativity and communications by breaking down functional boundaries and by designing work spaces that create an alternative office culture and encourage people to work together, sharing ideas and collaborating on different projects. Read more about how designing work spaces that create an alternative office culture and encourage people to work together, sharing ideas and collaborating on different projects can improve your organisation.

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Introducing Multi-Disciplinary Teamworking to Maternity Services

Eduard2020-11-10T13:02:48+00:00Case Studies, Resource JTT|

This case study offers practitioners fresh insights into how Multi-Disciplinary Teamwork principles can be translated into practice.

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Thought-provoking Masterclass delivers insight into engaging employees in innovation

Eduard2019-11-25T16:03:02+00:00News, Scotland|

The latest in a series of Workplace Innovation Masterclasses provided insight into the benefits of engaging employees in innovation and improvement.

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Ederfil Becker: A story of empowerment

Eduard2019-10-04T17:28:34+01:00Case Studies, Our Videos, Resource JTT|

EderfilBecker, a company located in the Basque Country (Northern Spain) is a striking example of innovative management. After a process of transformation which included the fusion of two companies, this manufacturer of electrically conductive materials created a management model based on self-organised teams in which communication, transparency and employee voice set the lines of action of its daily operations. Pablo Mendizabal, the General Manager, sees this change, and the company’s resulting distinctiveness, as central to EderfilBecker’s competitive advantage. In the words of Maider Martin, EderfilBecker’s People Co-ordinator: "We are doing things differently to create inimitable advantages."

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Network Innovation Collaboration Event 2019

Eduard2019-08-29T13:20:10+01:00News|

The Network Innovation Collaboration Event is a future-focused event facilitated by Workplace Innovation Europe with the aim of building an innovation culture across the energy sector and its partner networks.

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