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More than 500 voices on innovation in an industry system

An institution in the industry system, with a federation, education and services, heard people from all its institutions about the current culture, the desired culture and the innovation culture.

Large organizationFederation, education and servicesSeveral units
514people in the cultural profile
471people in the innovation culture
+22%innovation culture net balance
3institutions assessed together
Finding 1

More collaboration and less exclusive focus on targets

CollaborationInnovationResultsHierarchyCurrent cultureDesired culture
Collaboration rises 5.9 points

It is the biggest difference between the current and the desired culture, a clear call for more teamwork and people development.

The results culture falls 4.9 points

People want targets, but not only targets. The wish is to balance results with collaboration and innovation.

CultureCurrentDesiredChange
Collaboration (clan)32,338,2+5,9
Innovation (adhocracy)22,724,7+2,0
Results (market)23,118,2-4,9
Hierarchy21,918,9-3,0

Cultural profile in points, adding up to 100.

Finding 2

A base favorable to innovation

How people rate innovation practices

43,4%35,6%21,0%Strongly agreeNeutralDisagree

Innovation culture net balance: +22 points. Almost half of the people strongly agree with the practices assessed.

Six dimensions of innovation culture

Values77,9Behaviors78,0Leadership79,3Processes74,7Resources77,7Results80,9

Index from 0 to 100. Results is the highest; processes, the lowest, highlighted.

Finding 3

Optimistic teams, more demanding leadership

Teams412 people79,6Coordination41 people68,5Leadership18 people · management and executives63,0
16.6 points separate teams and leadership

Those closest to decisions assess the innovation culture more rigorously. That is why the results were presented first to the executive board and then to managers.

A reading for each audience

Each feedback session was prepared for its audience, so that the conversation about the plan started from the same data.

Real project data, presented in aggregated and anonymous form. No person or company is identified.

How it was done

The project path

  1. Design

    Cultural profile and innovation culture, applied together in all institutions.

  2. Data collection

    Online, anonymous questionnaire, with breakdowns by institution, area and level.

  3. Analysis

    Indices, current and desired profile, net balance and comparison between levels.

  4. Feedback sessions

    Presentation to the executive board and, afterwards, a version dedicated to managers.

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