Organization-Wide Innovation and Creativity Program
An innovation and creativity program spanning employees to senior management for the Türkiye operation of a global manufacturing company in the energy and cable sector. Conferences, videos, training, an ideathon and innovation consulting were delivered together.
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At a glance
- Project Focus
- Innovation and Added Value · Creativity and Product Development
- Project Lead
- ConsultantProf. Dr. C. Ruhi KaykayoğluTrainerProf. Dr. C. Ruhi KaykayoğluConsultantY. Bora KaykayoğluTrainerY. Bora Kaykayoğlu
- Approaches Used
- Facilitation
- What Emerged
- Innovation maturity assessment and KPIs · Innovation video series open to employees · Ideathon and innovation projects · Product-focused MVP work
- Sector
- Energy
- Year
- 2025
Inside the project
Focus
How can innovation move beyond a handful of people and become a habit across the organization?
, wanted to make innovation part of everyone's daily work, from shift workers in the field to senior management, rather than the responsibility of specific teams alone.
The program was therefore designed with separate but connected formats for different participant groups: conferences, videos and webinars for all employees, training and workshops for entrepreneurial employees, an ideathon for selected teams and a project agenda for senior management.
An innovation culture begins where everyone can spot small problems in their own work.
Scope
We ran an organization-wide innovation and creativity program spanning employees to senior management. Throughout the process, we delivered conferences, video content, training sessions, and an ideathon alongside innovation consulting work.
Implementation
Five months of innovation consulting
Alongside the training, innovation consulting was provided for two half-days per month over five months. Starting with a baseline analysis and innovation maturity assessment, the process continued with KPI definition, innovation project tracking, product-focused MVP work and project maturity measurement. Digital communication assets such as visuals, posters, badges and a mascot were also designed for the program.
The journey we designed
- 01EXPLOREAn innovation baseline analysis and maturity inventory established the organization's starting point and the indicators to be measured.
- 02REFRAMEInnovation was positioned not as a specialist function but as a culture open to everyone, from shift workers to senior management. A separate format was designed for each group.
- 03BRING IT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONIdeas from the ideathon and workshops were developed into innovation projects, followed up through MVP work and assessed for maturity.
Kaykayoğlu project insight
An innovation culture begins where everyone in the organization believes they can turn a small problem into a big idea.
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