Scottish Enterprise held a Winning Through Innovation yesterday at the Odeon Cinema Springfield Quay Glasgow.
Speakers at the event included former global CEO of Burger King Barry Gibbons, Brian Williamson of Tiger Eye and Helen Battersby. The main theme for the event was Developing a Culture of Innovation with each speaker providing an insight into their own experiences of innovation and passing on their own words of wisdom as to how we can all motivate and innovate within our workplaces.
Overall the event was a great success with it almost nearly being a full house. A particular highlight was hearing Helen Battersby provide an indepth look at how she helped the Gleneagles Hotel increase profits from £700K to £5 million through innovation and people development. She provided several excellent examples of how the hotel managed to motivate staff, lower costs and target new markets, one example being to give staff the opportunity to offer and suggest innovative ideas to solve issues within the organisation the best being rewarded with a pay increase.
Each speaker provided the audience with 5 Top Tips related to Winning Through Innovation, here is the best from each;
Barry Gibbons:
In difficult financial times there is a tendancy and temptation to ‘nickle and dime’ your stakeholders (emplyees, suppliers, partners, customers and clients). Don’t.
Brian Williamson:
In meetings rotate the Chair to different team members to get a different perspective.
Helen Battersby:
Grow your people and your business will grow itself.
The Winning Through Innovation event forms part of the Scottish Enterprise Strengthen Your Business campaign designed to help, innovate and inspire Scottish Businesses. A downloadable Innovation Guide is available from the Strengthen Your Business website.
