Sometimes it’s hard to imagine something new and innovative. We’re often blinded by habit, an acceptance of the status quo, and a fear of change. We get comfortable and complacent. A way out of this malaise is to make it a part of your employees’ jobs to make suggestions for continuous improvement – this will challenge their thinking and get them engaged in the effectiveness of their efforts and the company’s overall performance. Start during on-boarding – review their job description and tell them this is only a starting point . At the end of their new hire training, ask for feedback about the way things are set up currently – let them know you may not always accept their recommendations, but they’ll always be considered. In some cases, creating teams of employees to discuss these ideas may spur their competitiveness, collaboration, and thinking. And during regular performance reviews, whenever they’re held, make this a part of your discussions – and be sure to recognize and reward successful improvement recommendations. It’s all about making sure that employees are effective, and always thinking of ways to improve their effectiveness. It’s not about doing the same things over and over despite the need to change and improve them. Help them start to see the value of the things they can envision today.
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859 – 1941): French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, but also after 1966 when Gilles Deleuze published Le Bergsonisme.
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