What is an innovation mindset? Innovation mindset is a new way to measure an individual’s The six elements of an innovation mindset: ability and willingness to innovate. It is enabled by six key elements which are based on extensive sources, including academic and business research and Accenture-owned Purpose Resources Collaboration diagnostic tools and thought leadership. We surveyed employees about their experience with these six Alignment Having the tools, Working with elements in their workplaces, e.g., we asked about the extent to around and time and other which “I am encouraged to look for inspiration outside my support for the incentives departments or in organization” (Inspiration) or “The purpose of the organization purpose of the necessary to fluid, cross- makes me proud to work here” (Purpose). organization. innovate. function teams. The more strongly a person agreed that these elements apply, the higher their innovation mindset score. Autonomy Inspiration Experimentation Using an econometric model, we were then able to show how Tapping into Experimenting with an innovation mindset would change if people worked in Being shown a more-equal cultures: as culture improves, innovation mindset clear mandate for inspiration from new ideas quickly improves. For every 10 percent improvement in culture factors, change—and beyond the without fear of innovation mindset increases by 10.6 percent. The change is being trusted to organization. failure. underpinned by all three pillars of our workplace culture-of- follow through. equality factors, but it’s the empowerment factors that have the strongest impact. 5 GETTING TO EQUAL 2019: CREATING A CULTURE THAT DRIVES INNOVATION