EmployeeDriven Innovation and Workplace Learning

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Employee-Driven Innovation and Workplace Learning

• Participatory Innovation in France
• and examples of
• Employee driven Innovation in French SMEs
• Héron
• Cofounder and past President of innovacteurs

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Innovacteurs

• A non-profit organisation
• Founded in 2003
• Accor, EDF, Renault, Solvay, Sita, Inergie,
  Territoria
• Main Partners in 2009
• Air France, Air Liquide, France Telecom,
  Michelin, RATP, SNCF, Veolia, Total
• La Banque Postale, Société Générale
• - Ministry of Defense
• Main supports ministry of industry, Anact,
• Contacts with U.K., Germany, USA, Belgium,
  Swiss, Canada (Québec), Maghreb.

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Innovacteurs concepts and values

• A network of practitioners (managers) who want to
  exchange and learn, year after year, about
  Ideamanagement.
• who want to promote Initiative and creativity for
  every member of the organization
• Who are looking for both companys and workers
  improvement
• Who want to promote a new leadership
   empowerment and innovation oriented 

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Three examples

• Foundry of cuprous alloys, in North West of
  France FAVI
• A laboratory and workshops for medical dressings,
  in Burgundy Urgo
• A laboratory and production unit for drugs and
  medicines,
• close to Paris Expanscience.

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FAVI

• permanent learning organisation 
• with Ambition, Vision and the Values deployed at
  each level
• Strong empowerment, units of 20 to 30 workers
  (mini-factories)
• permanent benchmarking
• Innovation for process improvements and new
  products development

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Urgo

• Research and production center
• 1000 workers
•  Clever Butterflies 
•  Golden Nuggets 
• Obtained the french Trophy
• for participatory innovation in 2003

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Expanscience

• 500 engineers, technicians and blue-collars
  workers
• Participatory system lauched in 2007
• Long period of preparation
• Surveys,Benchmarking processes
• Cross management teams to define the key factors
  of success
• Training manageement and defining rules
• Innovation is an integral part of everybodys job
• Innovations treated with respect and interest

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• Further informations
• See www.innovacteurs.asso.fr
• A. Héron anrj.heron_at_gmail.com
• Thank you for your attention !