In this Slideshare, we break down the 5 things you need to get better ideas that you didn't know before.

1. Better
Guide Getting
Good Ideas
TO
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2. FACT:
Most
companies
Collect ideas
Using Employee
Suggestion
boxes

3. but the PROBLEM is...

4. MOST
SUGGESTIONS
BOXES

5. BUT HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS

6. ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE HIGH
PERFORMING
IDEA MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS SEE...

7. 4X EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPATION
MORE IDEAS PER
EMPLOYEE
IDEAS TRANSLATE
INTO S

8. MORE
RESEARCH
ON EMPLOYEE
SUGGESTION
BOX
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9. so how do you
get better ideas?

10. Here are the 5
things you
need to know
about getting
good ideas

11. EVERYONE CAN
learn TO COME UP
WITH GOOD IDEAS
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12. IDEATION IS A SKILL
THAT CAN BE LEARNED
AND IMPROVED.
LIKE KUNGFU
1

13. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE MATURITY MATRIX FOR
IDEATION PROGRAMS
soapboxhq.com/blog/maturity-model-idea-management
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14. SPEND MORE TIME coming
up with the question
THAN ANSWERING IT
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15. HIGH PERFORMING IDEA
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
NEED A CONSTANT FLOW
OF GOOD IDEAS

16. “IF I WERE TO SPEND AN
HOUR IN WHICH TO DO A
PROBLEM WHICH MY LIFE
DEPENDED, I WOULD
SPEND 40 MINUTES
STUDYING IT, 15 MINUTES
REVIEWING IT AND 5
MINUTES SOLVING IT”
ALBERT EINSTEIN

17. WHY DOES the question
MATTER SO MUCH?
2

18. HUMANS ARE BAD AT FREE
ASSOCIATION.
HAVING A question
PROVIDES CONTEXT, CLUES
AND SUGGESTIONS TO HELP
THE FLOW OF IDEAS.
2

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eBookMORE ON CREATING GOOD
QUESTIONS IN THE GOAL
SETTING GUIDE FOR IDEA
PROGRAMS EBOOK
Extra Learning:
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (author of
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal
Experience) studied how nobel
laureates and other creative people
achieved their breakthroughs and
discovered something interesting.
Once they asked themselves the right
question, their ideas flowed rapidly.
2

20. GOOD IDEAS FORM
SLOOOOWLY
3

21. EUREKA MOMENTS
ARE VERY RARE
ACCORDING TO STEVEN JOHNSON (AUTHOR
OF WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM). THE
ideation process IS A COMBINATION OF
REFLECTION TIME AND CONNECTING WITH
OTHERS TO SHARE IDEAS.
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22. 3
FOR EXAMPLE, SIR
JAMES DYSON SPENT
OVER 5 YEARS AND
CREATED 5,000
PROTOTYPES TO
MAKE THE VACCUUM

23. Steven Johnson wrote a book
about the natural history of
innovation. In it, he discusses how
the ideation process is actually a
combination of reflection time
and connecting with others to
share ideas. Watch his TED talk on
where good ideas come from.
MORE ON SIR JAMES DYSON
AND THE INVENTION OF THE
BAGLESS VACUUM
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24. WE LEARN FROM
OTHER GOOD IDEAS
4

25. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WITH EVERY
IDEA THAT WE SEE IMPLEMENTED, THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT OUR FUTURE IDEAS
WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ALSO GOES UP.
4

26. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DON’T
LEARN FROM FAILED IDEAS OR IDEAS
THAT DON’T GET IMPLEMENTED.
4

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MORE
RESEARCH
ON EMPLOYEE
SUGGESTION
BOX
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28. BRAINSTORMING IS
NOT A GOOD SOURCE
OF IDEAS (UNLESS IT’S
USED PROPERLY)
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29. BRAINSTORMING
DOES NOT INCREASE
THE QUANTITY OF
IDEAS.
THE SAME NUMBER OF
PEOPLE COMING UP
WITH IDEAS
INDIVIDUALLY WILL
ALWAYS PRODUCE
MORE IDEAS
5

30. BRAINSTORMING IS A
GREAT WAY TO HELP
THE LATER STAGES OF
IDEATION TO COMBINE
IDEAS INTO THEMES
THAT LEAD TO EVEN
BETTER IDEAS
5

31. MORE ON BEST
PRACTICES FOR
BRAINSTORMING
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32. LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:

33. LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:
Ideation is like learning kungfu - you
need to practice and improve the skill to
get better ideas
A good question will help ideas flow by
providing context and cues
Good ideas need time and feedback
from others
We come up with better ideas by seeing
other implemented ideas
Use brainstorming to fuse ideas
together rather than source ideas
1
2
3
4

34. LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:
Ideation is like learning kungfu - you
need to practice and improve the skill to
get better ideas
A good question will help ideas flow by
providing context and cues
Good ideas need time and feedback
from others
We come up with better ideas by seeing
other implemented ideas
Use brainstorming to fuse ideas
together rather than source ideas
1
2
3
4

35. LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:
Ideation is like learning kungfu - you
need to practice and improve the skill to
get better ideas
A good question will help ideas flow by
providing context and cues
Good ideas need time and feedback
from others
We come up with better ideas by seeing
other implemented ideas
Use brainstorming to fuse ideas
together rather than source ideas
1
2
3
4
5

36. LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:
Ideation is like learning kungfu - you
need to practice and improve the skill to
get better ideas
A good question will help ideas flow by
providing context and cues
Good ideas need time and feedback
from others
We come up with better ideas by seeing
other implemented ideas
Use brainstorming to fuse ideas
together rather than source ideas
1
2
3
4
5

37. Ideation is like learning kungfu - you
need to practice and improve the skill to
get better ideas
A good question will help ideas flow by
providing context and cues
Good ideas need time and feedback
from others
We come up with better ideas by seeing
other implemented ideas
Use brainstorming to fuse ideas
together rather than source ideas
LET’S BOIL DOWN WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
ABOUT GETTING GOOD IDEAS:
1
2
3
4
5

38. FOR MORE EBOOKS, CASE
STUDIES, AND BEST
PRACTICES VISIT THE
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