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on as innovative service provider and problem-solver.
In addition to this, ISD can fall back on a broad and
strong customer and supplier base. A special bonus
is that we already cover the megatrends of “sustainability”
and “resource efficiency” today with our many
services and in this way are able to offer our customers
a complete solution. Nevertheless, there is still room
to develop our portfolio further in a structured way with
strategically managed innovation management, thereby
enabling us to offer new or improved services again
and again.
Do you think innovation management is a matter for
management alone, or can every employee contribute
to it?
Innovation is basically a question concerning the
complete corporate culture: if staff are animated and
are supported in partaking in it, that is the best basis
for the development of innovations – that you can see
in all large companies with an innovative bent of mind.
The following principle therefore applies: “There is no
such thing as bad ideas.” Employees should not be
afraid of approaching their supervisors with ideas for
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improvements – and these supervisors should of course
also always have an open ear for the subject.
To end off, what are your next steps?
What are your goals for the near future?
At the moment we are working in the Services segment
on developing an innovation strategy and vision for
where we want to go in the coming years. One of the
first steps here is to eliminate the barriers obstructing
innovations. Because we want to support all employees
who actively participate in the innovation process. In
addition to this, we are setting up a functioning innovation
generation and evaluation system so that we can
categorise and evaluate ideas submitted to us systematically.
And the first results are already visible: in the
short time available to us we have already identified a
number of promising ideas that support our strategic
orientation – and which we will hopefully find on the
market in the not too distant future.
Please contact Hanno-Christian Großeschmidt if you
have any questions on the subject of innovation management.
ALBA Group is
looking for your talents
You play sport and are very successful in your discipline? You do social work and want to
tell your colleagues more about it? Then read on!
The ALBA Group is growing together more and more
and is the workplace for around 9,000 employees.
Every employee is someone special and with his or her
abilities and personality helps to characterise cooperation
within our community.
ALBA Group Inside International is therefore looking for
interesting personalities and the hidden talents that
are to be found among our colleagues.
Inside offers you the possibility to present your
interests and fields of activity to the rest of the ALBA
Group. Tell us your story and inspire your colleagues.
How you can do this? Simply contact the Corporate
Communications team and we will then discuss with
you how your interest can become an article for the
internal newsletter ALBA Group Inside International.
If you are interested, please contact Alexander Wood.