Workplace Innovation

An innovative workplace generates new ideas, inspires higher performance and increases employee satisfaction.

• Is your organisation an innovative workplace?
• Are all your employees fully involved in contributing to their full potential?
• Are you aware of the practices that help you develop innovativeness?

Workplace innovation and workplace change are critical to all businesses in Ireland if we are to compete as a dynamic, inclusive and knowledge based society. The choices we make in our workplace development and personal development will have a lasting impact on all.

Workplace Innovation is the adoption of new work practices, new workplace structures and new ideas about how to do things. In short, workplace innovation is about doing things that work in a new way and bring measurable, accountable results improving the bottom line.

People are the single biggest investment as we move forward from a desk based economy.
The range of practices has been identified as management and leadership capacity, employee involvement, training and life long learning, equality and diversity. Quality of working life must be promoted across the private and public sector.

Team working between organisations and their customers and suppliers is becoming recognised as a factor in innovation and can bring benefits for both employer and employee. Workplace innovation develops a culture of employee involvement to encourage vision, innovation, and involvement.

Thought Leadership and workplace innovation contribute to High Performance Work Practices which on average contribute to an increase in productivity of 15.61% and increases of 16% in staff retention. (Source: NCPP)