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The Wild Idea Club: A Collaborative System to Solve Workplace Problems, Improve Efficiency, and Boost Your Bottom Line
Imagine a workplace where employees don't complain about problems but instead work together in idea-generating clubs to present positive solutions. The Wild Idea Club will help you get there there, by providing managers with an easy, step-by-step approach that harnesses the collective genius of their people to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and increase morale.
In tough times like these--with managers facing increasing pressure to get more done with fewer people and less money--encouraging employees to work together to tackle tough issues on their own is not a luxury, but a survival tool. When people start seeing possibilities instead of problems--and can present their solutions to decision-makers who care--something amazing happens: They find themselves actually working together toward a common goal that benefits everyone and their organization. The Wild Idea Club is a guide, a method, and a tool that provides:
-Everything a manager needs to get a Wild Idea Club (or three) up and running in his or her organization--and keep it going.
-Tips and techniques to help your people generate ideas and select the best ones.
-The best ways to capture, record, research, and follow through on the solutions generated by a Wild Idea Club.
-Strategies to help your people pitch their ideas.
-And much more.
Written in a loose and light style, each chapter presents one facet of the concept, illustrated through a story based on real-life examples of Wild Idea Clubs in action. This book will help anyone learn exactly what's needed to create a club in his or her company, no matter its industry, size, or history.
In tough times like these--with managers facing increasing pressure to get more done with fewer people and less money--encouraging employees to work together to tackle tough issues on their own is not a luxury, but a survival tool. When people start seeing possibilities instead of problems--and can present their solutions to decision-makers who care--something amazing happens: They find themselves actually working together toward a common goal that benefits everyone and their organization. The Wild Idea Club is a guide, a method, and a tool that provides:
-Everything a manager needs to get a Wild Idea Club (or three) up and running in his or her organization--and keep it going.
-Tips and techniques to help your people generate ideas and select the best ones.
-The best ways to capture, record, research, and follow through on the solutions generated by a Wild Idea Club.
-Strategies to help your people pitch their ideas.
-And much more.
Written in a loose and light style, each chapter presents one facet of the concept, illustrated through a story based on real-life examples of Wild Idea Clubs in action. This book will help anyone learn exactly what's needed to create a club in his or her company, no matter its industry, size, or history.
- GenresNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2009
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About the author
Lee Silber
26 books5 followersI am a huge fan of the library and can clearly remember making the short walk to get books during the summer months. Does that make me a nerd? Clearly, but who cares. My love of books (at a young age) led me to become an author (at an older age). In 2020 I reached a major milestone, 25 books written and published.
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November 2, 2012
Facilitating creativity and empowering change, the first part of the book is a series of examples of how The Wild Idea Clubs worked for other companies. The appendix (2nd part of the book) laid out the guidelines and structure for creating Wild Idea Clubs.
Having led strategic planning sessions and worked with volunteers for several years, I found the ideas and structure were sound suggestions.
I believe you can't underestimate the importance of trained facilitators for these groups, though. The person who sparks the group, captures their ideas, generates a creative environment while keeping people on task is worth their weight in gold. Some more discussion on how to identify, cultivate, train and support these individuals would have been helpful.
Having led strategic planning sessions and worked with volunteers for several years, I found the ideas and structure were sound suggestions.
I believe you can't underestimate the importance of trained facilitators for these groups, though. The person who sparks the group, captures their ideas, generates a creative environment while keeping people on task is worth their weight in gold. Some more discussion on how to identify, cultivate, train and support these individuals would have been helpful.
July 22, 2013
Great idea... get ideas from everyone... make it safe to suggest crazy thoughts... experiment and prove... celebrate.
The ideas are solid and conventional in many respects. The teaching-through-story approach took what should have been a few PowerPoint pages or a pamphlet and turned it into book form.
Everyone should have a wild idea club... 5-stars for the concept. 2-stars for this particular way of describing it.
The ideas are solid and conventional in many respects. The teaching-through-story approach took what should have been a few PowerPoint pages or a pamphlet and turned it into book form.
Everyone should have a wild idea club... 5-stars for the concept. 2-stars for this particular way of describing it.
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