We’re looking for bright ideas!

People are known to make statements like, “If I ran this company, I would …” or secretly, sometimes not-so-secretly, they may think they’re smarter than the boss.

While we’re not counting brain cells here, there’s one area where you might know something the boss doesn’t. To you, a cost-cutting step or an innovative idea might seem almost obvious, because you are more familiar with your job, your department, and its processes and procedures.

You might have an idea for an improvement that business consultants could never come up with.

Many organizations, including our own, are realizing the value of their workers’ input. Companies are coming up with so-called innovation management programs. Some set up online idea submission systems where employees can enter ideas or comment and vote on an idea.

In one such program, 60 percent of the workers submitted an idea.

This works for community too. Got an idea to make our community better? We want to hear it.