DataPalooza 2022

Activities and Programs The following tools are events that you conduct or projects/programs that you implement. Tool Best For Level of Effort

Testing ideas Finding roadblocks

Prototype a process or product

Low to high

Choosing between options Getting realistic feedback

Perform a user pilot

Medium/High

Capturing ideas from front-line employees. Improving employee engagement. You want to build a culture to encourage innovative ideas Selecting ideas to fund Getting team involvement in innovation. Generating excitement around a problem Engaging with stakeholders (inside or outside) Realistically test an idea or process in a safe environment. Share ideas across an organization Find solutions to recurring problems. Gaining access to outside expertise Collaborate toward a common goal Standardize practices Promote innovation values with limited budget Make fast progress on a problem involving many departments Gain access to outside expertise Generate many potential solutions

Provide an employee suggestion box Schedule a recurring Innovation Hour

Low

Low

Low/Medium (depending on level of pomp and ceremony)

Host an internal innovation Shark Tank

Host a hackathon

High

External crowdsourcing and innovation challenges

High

Nurture a sandbox environment

High

Form communities of practices

Low/Medium

Partnerships and alliances

Medium/High

Confer internal awards

Medium

Use design sprints with rapid prototyping

Medium

Establish incubators or accelerators

Funding/testing employee ideas.

High

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