Innovation Survey

1. Our organization has moved beyond hit-and-miss innovation to a more strategic approach that is aligned with our growth strategies.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

2. Our organization has fostered a culture that expects everyone, at every level, to contribute to the innovation process.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

3. Our organization has built networks, pathways and platforms that promote the flow of innovation both internally and externally through alliances and partnerships.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

4. Our organization has adopted/adapted a step-by step funnel process that facilitates idea generation/collection right through the development of a business case and deployment of the new product/service/process.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

5. Our organization has created opportunities to learn by building systems that capture key learnings from the innovation process and communicate these learnings across the entire enterprise.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

Responding/Reacting to Change Anticipating the need to Change
Experimenting with Change Envisioning Change

7. Our organization consistently tracks the benefits realized from innovative activity by measuring (check all that apply):

Value creation in products/services
Brand loyalty
Customer satisfaction
Employee performance
Bottom line

PART B: Leadership Competencies that Drive Innovation
The following set of leadership competencies (competencies named in brackets) grew from research in the area of leadership and innovation. On a scale from one to five ("not at all" to "consistently and effectively") please rank the extent to which you demonstrate the following behaviors.

1. (Visionary Leadership) I take the mystery out of innovation by defining it. As a leader, I have lead our team through a process to define what innovation really means inside our organization/business unit. We've developed a clear, concise definition of innovation based on our organizational culture and internal/external parameters.

2. (Aligning for Success) I link innovation to our business goals. As a leader, I've positioned innovation within my business unit/department, as an integrated aspect of our organization's overall success--not as a gimmick. We have created an Innovation Model that ties our business strategies into the day to day innovative process.

3. (Strategic Decision Making) I define challenges specifically. As a leader, I have targeted important challenges that require innovative solutions. I have prioritized these areas and I've allocated resources to ensure implementation.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

4. (Continuous Learning) I maximize opportunities to learn. As a leader, I consider it important to learn from mistakes, and have created supportive ways of handling initiatives that have failed. I've put into place systems and procedures to follow through on mistakes by looking for learning opportunities.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

5. (Building a Team that Thinks Effectively) I discover how individuals think they are most creative. As a leader, I have assessed how each of my team members is creative and how this strength benefits our team and our organization.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

6. (Coaching/Facilitation) I take deliberate, observable steps to enhance creativity. As a leader, I've introduced models for thinking, tools that foster innovation, and techniques/training to enhance our team's ability to build thinking skills.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

7. (Influence) I set an example. I've taken responsibility to enhance my own creative skills/behavior by integrating specific actions into my overall development plan. Components of this plan may include: how-to actions for ways I can model innovation, ways to set a tone through my behavior/attitude, and strategies to show people that I support their attempts to innovate.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

8. (Communication) I encourage active communications. As a leader, I've created an environment of mutual support among co-workers. I've facilitated discussion across the organization by helping to set up effective lines of communications no only in our own team, but also among other departments/divisions.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

9. (Planning and Organizing) I facilitate action. As a leader, I've set up systems for our teams to take action on converting creative ideas into specific innovative changes.

Not at all Minimally Somewhat Mostly Consistently and Effectively

PART C: Resource Allocation and its Impact on Innovation Success
This section is designed to assess how your organization is allocating resources in relation to your innovation strategies. Please answer "yes" or "no" depending on which of the following procedures are part of your organization's existing budgeting process.

1. As an organization, we have put resource muscle behind our innovation framework by allocating development dollars to fund fledgling ideas through the deployment of the final outcome.

2. As an organization, we have mandated that a certain percent of an individual's work time is dedicated to informal idea generation, exploratory thinking, and experimentation. If yes, please specify how much time you allocate.

1-5% of time 6-10% 11-15% 16-20% 21%+

3. As an organization, we have allocated funds to adapt the physical workplace environment/structure to enhance the generation and flow of ideas.

4. As an organization, we have allocated funds for performance improvement programs and tools that build the capabilities of individuals/teams/leaders to utilize their innovative potential and perform to their fullest.

5. As an organization, we have allocated funds to create a dynamic, knowledge-based learning system for communicating learning across the organization.

6. As an organization, we have allocated funds to reward and recognize innovative outcomes on the part of individuals and teams.

7. As an organization, we effectively adjust and reallocate people's workloads to accommodate tasks related to innovative initiatives.

Company Demographics: Please submit the following information with your survey.