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Go for STAR – Winning IQC Awards

In FEB 2005, SPRING had introduced new judging criteria for the Innovation Quality Circle. It is no longer using the old WITS format and the old Fish bone concepts had been obsolete.

  • What is the new IQC format then?
  • How can we prepare our staffs for the next IQC convention?

With SPRING’s new definition, a GOLD award is a project which is worthy to showcase nationally, and the STAR Award internationally.

  • HOW TO WIN GOLD?
  • Better still, HOW TO CREATE A STAR?

Besides preparing for the IQC, the real benefits being able to create a GOLD Award or a STAR Award project is the tangible savings the winning project would bring to the organization, in terms of money, time and customer satisfaction.

Intended Audience: This workshop is suitable for managers, officers and staffs of government ministries and statutory boards, IQC committee members and judges.

Workshop Objectives

At the end of this workshop, the participants will:

  • Be inspired to strive for GOLD and STAR Awards
  • Learn about the new SPRING Judging Criteria and Format
  • Understand what makes an Innovation Project stands out as a winner and why some projects obviously does not make the grade
  • Learn how to select the winning projects
  • Be able to utilize the various tools and techniques for ideas generation
  • Learn the techniques for ideas selection
  • Be able to use the correct templates to write reports for awards submission
  • Be able to make a winning presentation to the class / judges

Workshop Outline

  • Introduction to Innovation
  • What is IQC
  • What makes an IQC project a winner?
  • Selecting the winning projects
  • Divergent methodology and tools
  • Convergent methodology and tools
  • Writing winning reports
  • How to present to Judges
  • Tips and Tricks

Workshop Methodology: This interactive workshop will be conducted with a good blend of instruction, brainstorming, games and discussions. Participants are encouraged to bring their real-life problems /projects to the workshop for discussions and ideas generation.

Duration: 2 Days