That makes no sense to come up with good ideas and keep them to ourselves. That's akin to filling up our cars with gasoline, leaving them running in our driveway and then walking to work.
I think the "presenting them to your superior" portion of the statement was meant to indicate the importance of follow through. I didn't even scrutinize my own statement until you forced me to do so. Thanks. That was helpful. I see now that subconsciously I meant that follow-through was an integral part of the idea implementation process. Contrary to your suggestion, keeping ideas you one's self is no good. But perhaps thousands, if not millions do it all the time. Lots of people are afraid to come forward with what would be great ideas that could revolutionize things and greatly improve the company for which they work.
Maybe that's what I meant. I didn't realize it when I wrote it. But it makes sense to me. Aside from keeping great ideas to one's self, which is obviously no good, some have been known to try to pass ideas around their superior to sort of one-up them. That would also be no good for obvious reasons.
Its my belief that coming up with ideas and presenting them you one's superior can be beneficial. It will let them (the superior) know that you are clever and creative, that you care for the company (not just their to collect a paycheck) and that you are likely a valuable asset to the company.
For those who don't have superiors or those who don't recognize anyone as a superior, supervisor or boss; those special few (perhaps chairmen of the board, presidents, etc..) could contribute in a similar manner by presenting their good ideas to fellow board members, members of their cabinet, etc.... It doesn't too much matter. As long as everyone is working to benefit the company and make things better for everyone and the proper chain of command or rules of engagement are observed, I believe it can result in very positive outcomes.
Ed
