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Guides to Building an Innovation System

Guidance for the people who run innovation and improvement work: how to move ideas to decisions, build adoption, and show results through one managed, repeatable system.

Shannon Phillips and Tristan Ham

Written by our co-founders, Shannon Phillips and Tristan Ham

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Three colleagues sorting ideas on a glass wall with sticky notes, working out what to do after brainstorming

Innovation Execution

What to Do After a Brainstorming Session

Within a week of the session, put every idea in one list, give each one an owner, decide it against criteria agreed in advance, and tell every participant what happened to their idea.

Shannon Phillips, Co-Founder of Unbounded Thinking

Shannon Phillips

October 2, 2026  Â·  5 min read

Innovation Execution

How ideas move from a session to a decision and a result: owners, criteria and follow-through.

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Three colleagues sorting ideas on a glass wall with sticky notes, working out what to do after brainstorming

What to Do After a Brainstorming Session

Within a week of the session, put every idea in one list, give each one an owner, decide it against criteria agreed in advance, and tell every participant what happened to their idea.

Shannon Phillips, Co-Founder of Unbounded Thinking

Shannon Phillips

October 2, 2026  Â·  5 min read

Psychological Safety

How leaders build the trust that lets people raise ideas, questions and concerns.

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A manager taking notes on employee suggestions while she listens to a colleague across the table

How to Respond to Employee Ideas So People Keep Sharing

Answer every idea within an agreed time, give the reason for the decision, and show what changed. People keep sharing ideas when they can see that sharing leads somewhere, even when the answer is no.

Shannon Phillips, Co-Founder of Unbounded Thinking

Shannon Phillips

October 2, 2026  Â·  3 min read

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