Transparency, Recognition and Self-Appointed Teams: Fostering Employee-Driven Innovation at Scale

Employee-driven innovation is a powerful source for growth and engagement within a company. Morten Benn, Partner at Nosco, stresses the importance of tapping into the wealth of knowledge and ideas that employees hold. To foster innovation at scale, companies should build a digital infrastructure, define narrowly-focused problems, attain the attention of as many employees as possible, engage middle management, and establish an incubator program for validation. To keep employees engaged and productive, companies should aim to create self-appointed teams and facilitate open communication. The innovation function should provide direction, tools, and criteria for the innovation process.