Need a Business Idea – 12 Habits that will help you develop more

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1.  Ask your customers what they would like to see next from you.

2.  Brainstorming ideas with your staff and hold Stop Start Improve (SSI) meetings.

3.  Office redesign to encourage more collaboration.

4.  Staff suggestion box.

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5.  Physical exercise – Force yourself to take breaks. Exercise works very well as a counter balance to the mental exertion necessary to drive your business forward each day.

6.  Read fiction – specifically a book that is not about business or even have a business backdrop.

7.  Visit a gallery or exhibition

8.  Go for a drive off the beaten track away from your normal routes

9.  Spend quality time with family members

10. Take a trip and lose yourself in nature

11. Disconnect completely  – No wifi  – laptop and phone off !

12. Take some time off – Easier to say than to execute but you must do it.

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It would be wonderful to have a dedicated R&D department but for most SMEs this is a dream rather than the reality. However, there are ways you can encourage innovation within your business without a big budget.

Business Innovation & Skills – 12 Ways

1. Implement weekly brainstorms for all staff and encourage cross departmental communication.

2. Create an employee suggestion box and promote its use.

3. If applicable arrange regular competitor site visits – works well for retail/restaurants/hotels etc – Have a staff member report back to the group.

4. Give someone the responsibility to compile competitor analysis reports/summaries.

5. Take staff to hear business speakers or to industry workshops.

6. Organise a Company away day – a fresh environment often leads to fresh ideas.

7. Hold Stop, Start, Improve (SSI) meetings with staff – What should we stop doing? What should we start doing? What should we improve?

8. Create a positive and encouraging work environment. Flat structure with lots of positive energy and open-mindedness.

9. Consider a re-design of the workspace to make it more conducive to creativity and innovation.

10. Encourage thinking time as well as the normal implementation or ‘to do’ tasks.

11. At company meetings encourage discussion of companies that do innovation well such as Apple, Google and Facebook.

12. Encourage people to try and ‘allow failure’ –

‘I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.’ – Michael Jordan

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