Ideaship: How to Get Ideas Flowing in Your Workplace

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Part I: What Is Ideaship?......Page 16
Part II: How Do You Become an Ideaist?......Page 20
1. You help people think better of themselves......Page 22
2. You help create an environment that’s fun......Page 29
Part III: Sixteen Personal Things You Can Do......Page 34
1. Follow the golden rule......Page 36
2. Care about the people you work with......Page 39
3. Remember that they work with you, not for you......Page 42
4. Make sure they like you......Page 44
5. Take the blame, give the praise away......Page 47
6. Hire only people you like......Page 50
7. Trust them......Page 53
8. Praise their efforts......Page 55
9. Allow them the freedom to fail......Page 59
10. Help them achieve their goals......Page 61
11. Never lie about anything important......Page 63
12. Show some enthusiasm......Page 65
13. Ask them to help you......Page 67
14. Get rid of the word “I”......Page 69
15. Play the fool......Page 71
16. Have fun yourself......Page 73
Part IV: Seven Organizational Things You Can Do......Page 76
1. Cut down on approvals......Page 78
2. Make everybody an owner......Page 81
3. Give them what they need......Page 83
4. Keep it small......Page 85
5. Tell them everything about their company......Page 87
6. Shun rules......Page 89
7. Pay for their education......Page 91
Part V: Eighteen Strategic Things You Can Do......Page 94
1. Don’t ask for one solution — Ask for many......Page 96
2. Make their jobs seem easy......Page 98
3. Don’t reject ideas — Ask for more......Page 100
4. Give them more than one problem at a time......Page 103
5. Ask for more ideas, sooner......Page 106
6. If it isn’t working, change it......Page 108
7. Let them solo......Page 110
8. Let them do it their way......Page 113
9. Make sure the problem is the problem......Page 115
10. Let them shine......Page 118
11. Be wary of fear......Page 120
12. Make it Us vs Them, not Us vs Us......Page 122
13. Share what everybody does......Page 125
14. Share experiences......Page 127
15. Search for ways to create fun......Page 129
16. Insist on vacations......Page 131
17. Let them vacation when they want to vacation......Page 133
18. Forget about efficiency, care about the idea......Page 135
What Should You Do Next?......Page 138
Notes......Page 142
E......Page 146
K......Page 147
S......Page 148
Y......Page 149
About the Author......Page 150
About the Illustrator......Page 152