Harnessing The Innovative Nature Within All Of Us

Ideally, every organization and employee should thrive to innovate at the highest level possible. Doing so provides countless benefits, and many of the most amazing aspects of the human experience derive from forms of innovation. Innovation isn't easy though. It requires the proper operational structure, collective group mindset, and much more. Learn how to become more innovative by checking out the following videos, infographics, and podcasts elaborating upon various aspects of innovation.

Does your organization follow the status quo, conducting business as usual? If so, this is not how innovation arises. Innovation is fostered from people seeing things others missed, thinking about what's been ignored, and considering things that have been forgotten about.

Check out this awesome advice from Elizabeth Sumner of Experian regarding facilitating employee feedback that you can effectively take action upon.

Learn why human-centrism is good for business in this conversation between Traci (Rubin) Chernoff and Heather Marasse on the Bringing the Human back to Human Resources podcast.

"The truth is labor resources still represent one of the most critical elements for a successful company. You will end up spending a lot more time, energy, and money trying to recruit the right talent if you cannot convince those with desired talents and skills to stay at your organization." Statistically speaking, it costs more than double an employee's salary to replace them. This means employee retention should be one of every organization's biggest priorities, along with facilitating what fuels retention like increasing employee engagement.

Wondering how to properly handle Human Capital Management? HCM is defined by ADP as the process of hiring the right people, managing workforces effectively, and optimizing productivity. This amazing infographic from Josh Bersin showcases how any organization can sustainably excel with HCM.

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In this fascinating episode of Digital HR Leaders, they discuss the past, present and future of the talent marketplace, as well as highlight thought-provoking advice on how organizations can start thinking and actioning for the future of their businesses.

"When you discover new ways to approach the problem you end up with different results... We keep pushing each other, pushing the ideas to see where they go... Taking someone else's perspective and another person's perspective and bringing them all together, you just end up with something stronger at the end and it's really rewarding to be a part of that." - Byron Trotter

3M has been one of the most consistently innovative organizations for over 100 years. They understand that collaboration and innovation go hand-in-hand. Their organization is structured for collaboration, and they prioritize empowering their employees and giving them a voice to do amazing things.

Leadership in the workplace is similar to parenting. If a parent is not consistently focused on fostering something positive in their child or is a bad example in some form, it is not the child's fault if they handle things inappropriately or negatively. The same can be said with leadership in the workplace. If leaders are not as engaged as they should be or focused on appropriately facilitating employee engagement, they cannot expect their employees to know/act better.

In this episode of the HBR IdeaCast, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin Seligman explain the four types of creativity and how they show up at work.