How do you encourage creative thinking within your organization?

There is nothing more motivating than showing the organization employees that their ideas are valued and considered.

Therefore, I believe that the best way to encourage creative thinking within any organization is to take any suggestion seriously as no idea is a bad idea and execute a certain idea that any employee might come forward with after studying its risks, advantages, and disadvantages by the upper management.

Creating thinking  is great  tool  for  any organization  to grow better.  Most of the organization it gets suppressed mostly  by top management . The Best  way  is to provide  open forum  and motivation for all staff  in the Organization . Mostly  creative thinking  and Lateral Thinking evolve mostly in higher levels in younger  staff  who want to voice it but  it get rubbished. So best way is to motivate  any staff who has creative  thinking and some incentive should be  given for contributing  and additional incentive  to be given if their strategy is implemented  those people should be appreciates by the board in front of others staff . This process facilitates more contribution and involvement  in the Employees to contribute  to Organization growth and Success it will make  the Organization reach great peak  interms  performance and growth improves . This process increases employee accountability and Organization will gain better market image inturn better productivity.

The crux what ever incentive  committed  for offering creative thinking should be given immediately without any delay . There by  flow of creative  thought  will increase manifolds . The people who asses the strategy  must be open minded person  otherwise the whole  exercise  will go futile.  Even toilet  cleaner can offer better critical  thinking  as well  ( To that extent mind  has to be open for Creative Thinking ). My humble  suggestion  which  i have implemented turned  the organization to achieve 100% growth in two years in Africa.

N.Ravichandiran  ( Ravi)

Ability to think freely and creatively is hindered greatly by certain set beuracracies within organizations. Encouraging free thinking and creating a fun creative ideas share platforms in organisations plays a major role in growth of this and keeping things fun. Asking them what works and what does not for them creates the free spirited space to express themselves in unique ways and mostly the focus does not shift but rather extends from DOING business to THINKING creatively on how to grow business through innovative spaces created within.