Is Digital Collaboration the Missing Link to Your Bottom Line? Masoud Rabie, Executive vice president of enterprise services, Reingold
Masoud Rabie, Executive vice president of enterprise services, Reingold
With over 1 billion active users, Gmail has become a ubiquitous tool and one of Google’s signature products. But the idea for Gmail didn’t originate with a CEO. It didn’t come from a pricy consultancy or savvy think-tank, and it wasn’t part of Google’s strategic plan. Gmail came from a rank and file developer working in an environment primed to bring great ideas to fruition.
It’s a fact: If you encourage and enable employees to pursue their best ideas, you can increase innovation and enhance your position in the marketplace. But that can be a challenge for many organizations. According to Alan G. Robinson, professor at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the average U.S. employee’s ideas, big or small, ar