Lead Innovative Thinking and Practice
Assessment 3 – Case Study
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in the creativity and innovation field of work and include access to:
- Workplace documentation and resources
- Office equipment and materials
- Case studies or, where available, real situations
- Interaction with others
For this task you are to complete the following steps to lead innovative thinking and practice in an organisational context.
1. To prepare for this task you will need to complete the following steps to generate innovative thinking and creativity:
- Research, and document, a range of techniques and tools which suitable to use to generate new ideas and thinking, including creative thinking techniques to foster innovation
- Using the identified techniques and tools, research, review and critically analyse the trends which are shaping organisation’s current and future thinking and practice, including the key concepts, current theories and processes.
- Evaluate the overall context for innovative and creative thinking at both the individual level and the collective level, including for the organisational context, and for the broader industry context.
- Research, analyse and document the specific conditions for innovation and the issues that impact on individual and collective innovative thinking and creativity
- Research, and document a review on the innovation drivers and enablers which are relevant to the organization.
2. Lead innovative practices in the organisation through the following activities:
- Review and consider the different leadership styles, selecting and using a personal leadership style to use in the workplace to model positive innovative thinking and practice.
- Review, challenge and refine your own style and practice in relation to modelling and supporting innovation.
- Assess, determine and document the requirements to promote sustainable innovative activity for the operational context, and for the people involved.
- Devise, document and implement an appropriate means to promote knowledge transfer
- Identify, document and evaluate the risks associated with innovation within an organisation, documenting control measures suitable to manage these risks.
3. Perform the following steps to generate and support a culture of innovation:
- Introduce and promote the creative thinking techniques, innovative practices, processes, products and/or services which are appropriate to your audience and to the organisational requirements.
- Establish, document, and use, appropriate methods to capture, communicate and share innovative ideas and practices within the organizatio
- Develop, initiate and foster communication, consultation and team development approaches that support innovation.
- Identify, document and provide adequate resources as required for innovation to occur
- Develop, document and apply strategies to foster a workplace culture capable of encouraging innovation
- Establish mechanisms at the system and the process level that can support innovation.
4. Complete the following to sustain innovative thinking and practice in the organisation:
- Develop and document strategies which make innovation an integral part of the organisational activity
- Develop and monitor processes to ensure there is ongoing awareness of the individual and collective contributions to innovative thinking and practice.
- Identify and analyse the potential barriers and risks to innovation, devising strategies to respond.
- Analyse and reflect on your innovation performance.