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Watch the video interview or read the closed caption WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson at https://youtu.be/NugRZGDbPFUText transcript for this video
For your first post write a paper of at least 300 words and answer the following questions:
1. When is a good idea something you should share with others and when should you keep it to yourself. Is it better to collaborate or to keep things under wraps until you are ready and why?
2. Once you have a new idea how do you get peers to become engaged in your idea? (address one of these aspects: behavioral changes, organizational structure, and management initatives)
Reply 1 –
An idea should be shared with others when a person is confident and ready to do so. An idea should be shared if they are stuck on it and need some advice or collaboration to get it going. An idea should be shared because they want to share it, or if they feel it could benefit others, or themself. An idea should be shared when there is a group effort trying to come up with a solution. An idea can mean someone has a thought or process about what to do, it can be a belief or an opinion, or it can be imagery in the mind (Merriam-Webster, 2021). A person should avoid sharing an idea when they are unsure of how to explain it. Because an idea can come from an opinion or belief, it could be taken the wrong way or in the wrong context if not properly portrayed. It is also important for the person to understand their audience. If there is a lack of trust, or dysfunctional conflict, it may not be best to share an idea (Anderson, 2007). By sharing an idea at an inappropriate time, to the wrong audience, or with out proper explanation or understanding, it could cause conflict and possibly shut down a good idea that just has not gotten its legs under it yet.
Getting peers engaged in your idea expression can be difficult. To start out, you want to be engaged and excited about the idea you are presenting! When presenting it, you are going to want to make sure you a prepared with backup information, facts, and resources. You want to make sure that you understand how your idea will affect everyone that you are presenting it to. Providing a visual map or imagery of the idea would help your audience stay engaged and understand. You want to encourage questions, so that your peers feel that they have a voice. When people are involved in a process, they stay engaged. With keeping in the companys organizational structure, you want to get everyone involved in your idea process from top down. Having your peers test out the idea and evaluate it brings them together and the idea to life to test its efficacy; this is called “trystorming” (Purdue University, 20201). Your audience should include managers and lower-level employees. As your idea gets tested, lower-level employees should be able to express how the process is (or is not) working, and as the managers hear this, they are able to implement changes (Purdue University, 2021).
Anderson, B. (2007). Business process improvement toolbox. ASQ Quality Press.
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Purdue University. (2021). The implementation stage (Kaizen). Division of construction engineering and management. https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPCom/approach/impl…
reply 2 –
1. When is a good idea something you should share with others and when should you keep it to yourself. Is it better to collaborate or to keep things under wraps until you are ready and why?
A good idea is something that should be shared with others if it directly affects them or at any point you feel comfortable sharing your idea. There are many benefits come along with sharing your ideas with others because two brains are better than one. If you do not feel like it is the right time or your idea is not developed to where you want it to be, then you should keep your idea to your self. There are so many reasons why it is better to collaborate with others when it comes to sharing ideas. Collaboration can lead to bettering your original idea and can potentially solve any issues that could arise from your idea. There are a countless number of new things you could learn by collaborating to make things work more efficiently. One of the biggest reasons to collaborate is because it could open up channels of communication with people or other companys that you would not have had a shot with before. When it comes to collaborating, the outcome of ideas will be better off in all aspects of the process.
2. Once you have a new idea how do you get peers to become engaged in your idea? (address one of these aspects: behavioral changes, organizational structure, and management initatives)
To get your peers to become engaged in new ideas it is important to include them if they want to be included. Give your peers the option to give you feedback or offer their help to get them involved with the process. Being involved is a great way to engage peers because it allows them to feel a personal connection with what is going on. Creating an environment that is happy will lead to being successful. An aspect that portrays how your peer engages theirself will be shown through their behavioral changes. Behavior shows a lot about a person and it is easy to see how someone feels or relates to something by the way they act. Another way to observe if a peer is engaged is by their management initiative. Initiative is something else that shows a lot about a person and if they are willing to take the initiative to manage the processes then you will know their level of engagement.
References:
Moseley, C. (n.d.). 7 reasons why collaboration is important. Retrieved April 13, 2021, from https://blog.jostle.me/blog/why-collaboration-is-important
Council, F. (2018, May 21). Council post: 15 ways to encourage creative idea sharing from all team members. Retrieved April 13, 2021, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2018/05/21/15-ways-to-encourage-creative-idea-sharing-from-all-team-members/?sh=1afe710cce0a
