Summary
Give every employee some money to spend on realizing ideas to improve the business. Allow for "pooling" of the money between employees. Make a little competition at the end where all can shortly present what they did with their fund and how it helped their business to get others inspired. It is only a small step, but can be realized in every "classical" business environment. It not only spurs creativity, but also is a strong signal for valuing entrepreneurial behaviou. You can restrict the spending, if you feel necessary (e.g. no office equipment).
June 30, 2010 at 1:52am
Joerge,
I think making everyone little entrepreneurs is a great idea. The question for me is can it be systemized? You are correct; at some point an investment decision must be made. Are there other ways to incent the entrepreneurial behavior? For example, could leaders model this behavior for employees, could an entrepreneurial employee in the lower ranks of the organization be celebrated, could someone get promoted for pushing an entrepreneurial project that fails…? Jordan
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