Innovation Management

Foster a culture of innovation, as it is becoming increasingly important because it is crucial for innovation productivity and innovation success. Innovations are made by people.

Land of inventors and thinkers. Cornerstones:

• Beeing allowed (create free space)
• Can (learn and master innovation methods)
• Wanting (intrinsic motivation through special stimuli).

Kaizen is neither a method nor a tool, but a way of thinking that all employees should internalise and implement in their activities.

Kaizen is a collection of simple principles for improving work. But Kaizen is also a management philosophy that has revolutionised the way many companies think and act: Every employee should constantly critically examine his or her activities and workplace and continuously improve the way he or she works.

Continuous improvements in small steps and systematic management for larger innovation leaps complement each other in the pursuit of further development and excellence. It is important to learn consciously from mistakes and problems, “to give chance to chance for an idea”.

Solving problems requires a clear definition of objectives. If a problem is not only discussed in an abstract space, but experienced in its own perspective – e.g. in the shop floor – understanding and common approaches to solutions can be developed in an exchange with all those involved.