“How do you encourage employees to share ideas? Well, it all starts with company culture. It reminds me of a concept I call “5X.” A 5X idea is five times faster, fives times more efficient, five times better, whatever it might be. Each employee gets a chance to come up with a 5X idea, and then go through and have a group together in what we call a 5X release. These ultimately end up as products that our customers can then consume. In other words, each employee has a chance to be an inventor a push a new product out to the field.” — John Sperry
collections
NewsletterCourses and LearningAdvertiseCurrent IssueFast Government
The future of innovation and technology in government for the greater good
Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company's annual ranking of businesses that are making an outsize impact
Most Creative People
Leaders who are shaping the future of business in creative ways
World Changing Ideas
New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system
Innovation By Design
Celebrating the best ideas in business