Elements and Performance Criteria
- Lead innovation by example
- Make innovation an integral part of leadership and management activities
- Demonstrate positive reception of ideas from others and provide constructive advice
- Establish and maintain relationships based on mutual respect and trust
- Take considered risks to open up opportunities for innovation
- Regularly evaluate own approaches for consistency with the wider organisational or project context
- Establish work practices that support innovation
- Consult on and establish working conditions that reflect and encourage innovative practice
- Introduce and maintain workplace procedures that foster innovation and allow for rigorous evaluation of innovative ideas
- Facilitate and participate in collaborative work arrangements to foster innovation
- Build and lead teams to work in ways that maximise opportunities for innovation
- Promote innovation
- Acknowledge suggestions, improvements and innovations from all colleagues
- Find appropriate ways of celebrating and promoting innovation
- Promote and reinforce the value of innovation according to the vision and objectives of the organisation or project
- Promote and support the evaluation of innovative ideas within the wider organisational or project context
- Create a physical environment which supports innovation
- Evaluate the impact of the physical environment in relation to innovation
- Collaborate with colleagues about ideas for enhancing the physical work environment before taking action
- Consider potential for supporting innovation when selecting physical resources and equipment
- Design, fitout and decorate workspaces to encourage creative mindsets, collaborative working and the development of positive workplace relationships
- Provide learning opportunities