4.3.2: Ideation
Employ tools for internal ideation. Other Information:
Another area the DOT will focus on is employing tools for internal ideation. IdeaHub is an online community concept that has
been led by the FAA that enables innovation and cross-organizational collaboration. Employees can “build” ideas in a collaborative
environment that provides a medium for great ideas to make it upstream to management. Using IdeaHub (or other tools like it),
we can empower employees to develop, rate, and improve innovative ideas for programs, processes, and technologies. The overall
goal for using a collaborative process is to leverage our employees’ ideas and to increase communication channels, to help
DOT organizations to accomplish their mission, and to help make the DOT be a great place to work. The IdeaHub program is one
way that we can enable employees to participate in changing their workplace and to have an active, visible role in improving
the organization. IdeaHub empowers all employees to contribute directly to the entire community. Employees can: • Build a
new idea; • Participate in conversations about their idea and the ideas of others; • Read the most recent comments and ideas
posted; • Rate other employees ideas; and • See the best ideas acted upon in a transparent and open forum. The DOT is currently
exploring options for DOT-wide internal ideation. This initiative supports the following Open Government objective: “Encourage
a cross-modal, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and engaged workforce through enhanced communication, governance, and guidance
regarding Open Government tools and programs.”
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