How I would staff the company in order to increase its creativity and effectiveness.

(This article for Veronica's Creativity module's first blog assignment)


The name of my company is BBB.

Why triple “B”?

I think no one is perfect, no one always getting A in everything. So BBB will remind everybody in my company that, no matter what how good you are, if you think you are the best, the A class person, one day you will be left behind. The others who think that they are just the B class and always improve themselves all the time without any overconfidence, this kind of people will invaluable asset for my company.

But, why triple?

Just “B” is too short, I guess. So BBB may be more appropriate to call my company. That’s all, nothing further :-)

To make BBB be contained with many people who can create many innovative things, I will list it in number so it’s easily for all of you to understand what I would like to say and to do in my company. (You can call it’s Bell’s creativity policies)

1. Creativity must be the necessary process in every kind of jobs in BBB. No matter it is R&D department which extremely need innovative thinking but also financial and accounting department must think something creatively for their works.

2. “Inno Time” every Friday afternoon. This is very useful. I’ve learned it from my own experiences and I think it is valuable activity to express employees’ points of view of creativity. At first, we will do it just in 1 group because we are still small then separate in to many groups when BBB become bigger. Everyone will have to join this activity and must conclude something to be generated for company at least once a month.
In “Inno Time” section, every employee (including me) have a freedom to do or create anything they want though it is not related with their routine jobs. Just do it what you like or love creatively and if it’s work you will be rewarded. Even if it doesn’t work you will have recognition from me (as long as it doesn’t affect BBB until the company goes bankruptcy)

3. One department is a team to begin something new for the company and use Friday afternoon period as the special time to operate a project. Every project which can be proved to succeed in the real practice will be rewarded for the team. No need to compete with each other team, just collaborate with teammates to bring it come true. No reward for individual and it’s the extra reward, not included in their routine work performance.

4. BBB’s hierarchy will be decreased as flat as possible. We will have just MD then the managers in departments. All other people’s positions will be the same under the manager they work with. This will decrease any uncomfortable atmosphere when someone would like to propose their idea to higher level. We work very close, just like friends.

5. Managers must not use “lip service to creativity”; like talking a lot about dieting and then continuing to eat as much as you like. They will be motivated to listen every new idea from their colleagues. And bring it to be used in the real world without any punishment from me though it doesn’t work or even completely fail.


That’s all. Short and clear is what I want to express. Every comment is always welcome. Thanks for reading.

Tack!


References

Breen, B. (2004). The 6 Myths Of Creativity. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/89/creativity.html?page=0%2C2
De Bono, E. (2003). Creativity, company culture and natural talent - why creativity should be a part of every job description. http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/management/creativity.php
De Bono, E. (2006). Creativity and Management: A business not using creativity is under-using its assets. http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/management/creativity-management.php
Kirby, J. (2008). What's Killing Your Company's Creativity?. Harvard Business Review, http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/hbreditors/2008/08/the_spoils_of_bratz.html