During the past 30 years, I have worked with hundreds of organizations in designing employee suggestion and engagement programs. Years ago, I was responsible for creating an employee suggestion program for an organization of 72,000 people. As a Board Member of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, I had the opportunity to examine and evaluate how leading organizations use their Employee Suggestion Systems (ESS) to produce results. I trained managers at Yamaha and learned how they drive continuous improvement with their Kaizen process.

The Bright Idea Campaign is Powerful and Fast

The Bright Ideas Campaign is a streamlined and powerful variant to typical suggestion programs. With many suggestion box programs, results are sporadic and slow. Many good ideas get screened out, lay dormant, or are overlooked and ignored by management. On the other hand, this high intensity campaign generates hundreds of ideas in three weeks or less.

The Bright Ideas Campaign is designed to focus on specific improvement opportunities. Employees are asked to submit ideas on one or more of these areas:

1. Cost reduction

2. Continuous improvement

3. Problem identification

4. Customer retention and satisfaction

5. New product and service generation

6. Safety improvement

The goal is to get one idea from each person during each week of the Campaign. Supervisors cannot say "no" to any idea. Each one is evaluated and every participant receives instant recognition for the idea they submit. After the initial three-week period, employees continue to provide ideas and suggestions for continuous improvement.

Expect 100% Employee Participation!

The Bright Ideas Campaign emphasizes one principle -- focus on your job and look for as many improvements as possible.

By doing this, you accomplish three things:

1. You allow everyone to get involved and thereby create a receptive atmosphere for change, innovation, and continuous improvement.

2. You open communication channels, build trust and identify opportunities for changes for the better

3. The ideas motivate and energize larger ideas with greater impact.

Build Teamwork and Employee Engagement

It is this receptive atmosphere that allows ideas to become improvement realities. The same people who last month may have ignored requests for co-operation are now enthusiastic and team oriented. Things get done faster than ever before. Communication on all levels improves and bottlenecks are unplugged.

The goal is to get people to look at their jobs, work together, and communicate in a collaborative manner. Employees are asked to suggest cost saving ideas and ideas to improve quality and customer satisfaction. It is important to get people to consider even the smallest ideas that can improve the overall organization.

Over 30 years of research and experience in suggestion and employee involvement programs went into creating this system.

 

The Bright Ideas Campaign can be used as a stand a lone program or compliment an existing suggestion program.

 

Boost Employee Motivation and Improve Productivity
 

Do you remember the last time someone thanked you for your ideas?  How did it make you feel? Just imagine if you could multiply that powerful feeling to all of your workforce?   

 

This campaign has a proven track record in hundreds of companies. If you follow the guide carefully, you can insure a tremendous result, both in the quality and quantity of ideas and the subsequent motivation of your workforce.

 

Innovate Your Organization

 

There are many reasons to run a Bright Ideas Campaign.  Whether you are trying to cut costs or improve job satisfaction, this campaign will bring in hundreds of new ideas and innovation.

 

Your workforce has good ideas--they want to be engaged and involved. This campaign is one of the most effective ways to capture their ideas and suggestions.

 

Idea Campaigns have many uses. Companies use this campaign to kick off a new program or a new way of doing business. The campaign drives involvement and commitment from the lowest parts of the business to the top.  The ideas your front-line workers submit will not only be worth millions of dollars in cost savings, but also generate a positive change in attitude toward your company.

 
10 Reasons to Implement the Bright Ideas Campaign

 

1) Become an Engagement Hero!
The results generated from this campaign are so powerfully successful you will gain the admiration and respect from those in your business.

2) Revitalize Your Current Suggestion Program.
The campaign can be used to compliment your current Kaizen process, other suggestion program or used as a stand-a-lone program.

3) Build Teamwork and Enhance Communication.
Many organizations say this is more like a motivation program than anything else. It helps to tear down barriers between departments, stimulates creativity, and improves communication. One person told me, "I now know my company cares. They asked me for my ideas!"

4) Tear Down Walls and Barriers.
Do you ever get frustrated because departments/sections don't work with each other? This program is designed to work cross-functionally. It helps you identify barriers and conflicts that inhibit productivity and communication. It does it in a non-threatening, non "finger pointing" way.

5) Saves Money.
Organizations with active employee suggestion programs report the average savings from employee ideas is more than $1,000 per year, per employee. An effectively run campaign can generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost savings ideas from your employees.

6) Easy to Implement.
Our complete instructions and guidelines provide a foolproof system for you to launch a successful suggestion and employee involvement program. If you need us, we can also help you over the phone.

7) Enjoy 100% Employee Participation.
No other program available will get people as excited and engaged as this one. If you follow the directions and guidelines we can almost guarantee you will get ideas from every employee in your organization.

8) Boost Employee Morale.
When you encourage employees to share their ideas...and when the employees participate in implementing their ideas...their morale goes up. This improves productivity and lowers costly employee turnover.

9) Self-Contained Program.
Everything you need to start a high powered suggestion and employee campaign is provided. The only things you may add are the prizes and awards to give out to your employees.

10) Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliant.
Employers’ need for suggestion systems has increased due to new government regulations and other developments in the post-Enron business environment. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates all publicly held companies have a mechanism in place by April 26, 2003 to enable employees to submit confidential and anonymous messages to the audit committee of that company. Our systems provide employees a safe way to address issues internally.

 

Proven Track Record With Significant Results

Direct Benefits: Improve customer satisfaction Creates a feeling of empowerment  Improves job satisfaction  Creates ownership and trust  Captures hundreds of new ideas in 3-4 weeks 30-40% of the ideas generated can be implemented immediately by front-line supervisors Improves motivation and morale  Reduces costs  Improves internal communication  Creates a positive attitude  Improves profitability  Results pay for the cost of the program  Low risk, high payoff

Typical Results: The Hartford Hospital got 495 ideas from 168 people. The U.S. Army got 530 ideas in 3 weeks from 200 people. Eaton Corporation gained 944 ideas from 113 people reaching 100% participation  Parker Hannifin Corporation got 499 ideas from 103 employees  National Semiconductor saved $3,600,000 using idea campaigns  The U.S. Park Service made over 12,000 suggestions with an approval rate of 75 percent WIKA captured over 1600 ideas from 600 employees in 3 weeks. One suggestion was worth over $125,000 in cost savings.