Welcome to the Oswegoland Park District’s Innovation Lab! Your ideas, comments, and feedback are encouraged! All ideas are welcomed, big and small! If your idea is related to pay and/or benefits, it will be addressed to Human Resources.
How to Submit your Idea
- Select "+Add a new one"
- Fill out the form
Under Review: All ideas will be labeled “under review” until a decision is made. It will be reviewed no later than 90 days after posting. Each idea is rated based on:
- Feasible – How feasible is this idea to implement?
- Effective – Will the idea have a clear outcome/impact to show effectiveness?
- Values – How well does the idea align with our Values of integrity, collaboration, and innovation?
- Strategic Themes – How does the idea serve our Strategic Themes of Land & Facilities, Fiscal Awareness, Customer Experience, and Employee Engagement?
Decision Time
- Selected: Congratulations! Your idea is leaving the lab and being put into practice! You will be receiving an ATOM (Adding to Our Mission) award. The Values Team will work with the appropriate departments to identify project leader(s) to implement.
- Not Selected: Unfortunately, some ideas are not selected. If we do not select an idea, you will receive a notice in the Innovation Lab with an explanation of the team’s decision.
- Big Ticket: If your idea has merit and may incur additional expenses, it will be tagged as a Big Ticket item. We will collect more information about the scope and scale of information.
If you have any questions, you can contact the Values Team at valueteam@oswegolandpd.org.
Installing Convex Mirrors out of maintenance lot at PP for Safety
Installing Two (2) Convex mirrors on the exit of the Maintenance area at PP, to ensure safety when exiting that area.
Looking for team meeting ideas for part time staff
Does anyone have suggestions for interactive activities or exercises to help engage young part time staff. Sometimes staff at meetings seem low energy or disengaged. How can we get/hold their attention and make things more conversational, fun while still being instructive and impactfull?
Coffee Bar at Every Building for Staff
Provide coffee and flavored creamers and add ons for an elevated experience in the workplace.
Let's "Fall Back into our Good Habits"
We want to LEAVE it to you to share some of your great ideas and get the Innovation Lab perking again.
A bountiful bag of swag awaits the most active OPD employee during the month of October. A new post nets you 5 fall points and a reply or comment nets you 1. The busy bee with the most points by November 1 will walk away the winner.
Don't "fall" asleep.
Gracias por tus pensamientos. El propósito de este Laboratorio de innovación es que cualquier persona en cualquier posición se sienta escuchada cuando tiene una idea que facilita o mejora nuestro trabajo. Entendemos que las personas pasan por momentos difíciles y el Distrito de Parques de Oswegoland apoya a nuestro personal a tiempo completo y parcial. Si necesita ayuda personalmente, ofrecemos un Programa de asistencia para empleados anónimo al que puede acceder en www.healthadvocate.com/Standard3 o llamando al número gratuito: 888-293-6948.
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