Communicate your vision and mission, and the role it plays in creating value:
Why is this useful?
It ensures that you’re always focussed on achieving strategic goals and not innovating for its own sake.
Break long-term strategies into goals or OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that can be assigned to members of your team:
Why is this useful?
It gives you a framework you can follow to achieve your goals and clarity about who’s responsible for what.
Prioritise ideas that align with your goals and filter ones that don’t:
Why is this useful?
It makes sure that your team isn't investing time and effort in ideas which aren’t strategically aligned.
Highlight your innovators and show who’s responsible for each goal or key result:
Why is this useful?
It makes it clear for everyone involved who is accountable for the delivery of strategic goals and their key results.