Montag, 20. Januar 2014
IBM is giving money to its employees for crowdfunded projects
Hi everybody! This is a really interesting article about IBM and their very innovative way to encourage and empower their employees. http://business.time.com/2014/01/20/ibm-internal-enterprise-crowdfunding-mimics-kickstarter/How do you like their approach? I think it's a really great HR approach to drive innovation among workers!
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After reading this article I immediatly had a flashback. I think it was during our 2nd semester in Human resources, when Mr. Kotek told us a story about a japanese PC company (or something of that sort, I don't remember precicesely ^^), who empowered their employees to follow their own leads, leading to resolution of 90% of the company's internal problems within a means of days.
AntwortenLöschenI think it is essential for any business, to empower their employees, as they are a pool of ideas and projects. Providing them with time and money to follow their own incentives (may it be the development of Apps or making company internal processes more efficient) will most likely foster enthusiams, engagement and their willingness to succeed.
For me it would be a great motivator, to be able to work on a project I think will be beneficial and successful with my company backing me up. It also creates a feeling of belonging and would make me want to stay where my skills and talents are recognized and put to good use.
Uhh .. I can't recall that one. Probably I wasn't listening too attentively ;)
AntwortenLöschenThe approach of integrate and motivate employees via enterprise crowdfunding the article is talking about is great. It is not only a fantastic method for really getting employees passionate about their jobs but also for truly capitalizing on each and every employee's potential and know-how. As Tanita already pointed out, it is vital for companies to empower their people and to give them enough "space" to develop and expound what they've got in their creative minds. What could be better for that purpose than an online platform where one can share and discuss his/her ideas and also look at and judge about what others are thinking and working on?
This way, companies can stir employees' enthusiasm, creativity and "thinking out of the box"; and employees along with their innovative ideas - irrespective of their level within the company - can get heard.
It seems, IBM can add another "first" to its already loooong list ;)