LexisNexis turns the spotlight on innovation: Gardening projects help to stimulate creativity

Abstract

Purpose

Describes an award‐winning training program that helped to increase innovation at business‐information provider LexisNexis.

Design/methodology/approach

Explains the reasons for the training, how it was developed and delivered and the results it has achieved.

Findings

Details the innovation equation (insight + ideas + impact=innovation) at the heart of the initiative.

Practical implications

Highlights a 290 percent increase in ideas submitted to the LexisNexis innovations database, more than half of which have either been adopted by the company or are under consideration.

Social implications

Reveals how gardening projects played an important role in encouraging employee innovation – and brought lasting benefit to the community.

Originality/value

Provides plenty to interest any organization seeking to increase innovation among its employees.

Citation

(2010), "LexisNexis turns the spotlight on innovation: Gardening projects help to stimulate creativity", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 18 No. 5, pp. 14-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731011060216