A:R ratio
Understanding the adoption/resistance ratio is the key to synergising potentialities. Once you have this ratio, you have the key to incentivising enthusiasm, which leads to visualisation.
To calculate the ratio is, however, not as straightforward as it first seems.
The innovation champion must assess the attitudes of staff and client sectors with a view to establishing a baseline.
That baseline must be determined using relevant, accessible and comprehensive data sources to ensure rigor and constitutionality in the data process.
In so doing the innovation champion must invoke the "non-bias rule" in constructing an appropriate questionnaire.
Accordingly, such a questionnaire should eschew direct, point-to-point questions but rather concentrate on matters that will advance visualisation.
A sample questionnaire that satisfactorily meets the non-bias rule is set out below:
Q1: How many times per year do you consider innovation?
____
Q2: Do you currently innovate with colleagues, family or friends?
□ Yes □ No
Q3: Indicate below whether you:
2. Innovation is likely to cause inconvenience for my work needs.
3. Innovation is rapidly being surpassed by changing socio-political-economic considerations.
4. A good selection of options is predicated upon innovation.
5. Innovation constitutes good value for the money.
6. Innovation results in substantial savings in certain sectors.
7. Innovation need not lead to the highest quality results.
8. Innovation is appealing.
Q4: How would you rate your overall experience with innovation?
□ Highly satisfactory
□ Satisfactory
□ Neutral
□ Unsatisfactory
□ Highly Unsatisfactory
Q5: What could we do to make innovation better?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Notes: The questionnaire may contain mixed closed-ended and open-ended questions as well as response formats. However, it is ideal to begin with closed-ended questions for higher response rates.
Next: Visualisation.
To calculate the ratio is, however, not as straightforward as it first seems.
The innovation champion must assess the attitudes of staff and client sectors with a view to establishing a baseline.
That baseline must be determined using relevant, accessible and comprehensive data sources to ensure rigor and constitutionality in the data process.In so doing the innovation champion must invoke the "non-bias rule" in constructing an appropriate questionnaire.
Accordingly, such a questionnaire should eschew direct, point-to-point questions but rather concentrate on matters that will advance visualisation.
A sample questionnaire that satisfactorily meets the non-bias rule is set out below:
Sample questions
Directions: Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with each of these statements regarding innovation. Place an "X" mark in the box of your answer.Q1: How many times per year do you consider innovation?
____
Q2: Do you currently innovate with colleagues, family or friends?
□ Yes □ No
Q3: Indicate below whether you:
- Strongly Agree
- Agree
- Neutral
- Disagree
- Strongly Disagree
2. Innovation is likely to cause inconvenience for my work needs.
3. Innovation is rapidly being surpassed by changing socio-political-economic considerations.
4. A good selection of options is predicated upon innovation.
5. Innovation constitutes good value for the money.
6. Innovation results in substantial savings in certain sectors.
7. Innovation need not lead to the highest quality results.
8. Innovation is appealing.
Q4: How would you rate your overall experience with innovation?
□ Highly satisfactory
□ Satisfactory
□ Neutral
□ Unsatisfactory
□ Highly Unsatisfactory
Q5: What could we do to make innovation better?
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Notes: The questionnaire may contain mixed closed-ended and open-ended questions as well as response formats. However, it is ideal to begin with closed-ended questions for higher response rates.
Next: Visualisation.