{"id":16717,"date":"2021-03-03T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluenove.com\/?p=16717"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T16:09:08","slug":"how-thousands-collaborators-co-create-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluenove.com\/en\/blog\/how-thousands-collaborators-co-create-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"How can thousands of collaborators co-create their purpose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Our experience in mass retailing<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a very competitive market like mass-market retail, price is no longer enough to convince consumers. For a company to flourish, it needs to project a strong brand image defined by actions and a useful role in society.<\/p>\n<p>Over a six-month period, Bluenove\u00a0helped a major European retailer already well-established in its local market to co-construct its<strong> purpose and highlight its positive social impact.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The method<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Based on a 3-step approach, tens of thousands of collaborators, managers and directors shared their thoughts about the group and its values, while also <strong>capitalising on the unique characteristics and strengths of each Business Unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The result? 368,500 contributions (including\u00a0285,000\u00a0verbatim) from 23,800 participants \u2013 demonstrating the exceptional level of participation and involvement from collaborators that made this exercise such a success.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve record levels of participation, it was important to make the approach as <strong>accessible as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>122 ambassadors <\/strong>trained, given the right tools and reassured that they had full support from management, so they could be proactive on the ground<\/li>\n<li>Carefully formulated <strong>questions and instructions <\/strong>to ensure maximum clarity and simplicity<\/li>\n<li>A<strong> multi-lingual approach<\/strong> enabling collaborators to express themselves in their own language<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adapted resources &#8211;<\/strong> including rooms with computers in every shop, dedicated RH representatives and timeslots during worktime \u2013 to help collaborators participate as serenely as possible in optimum conditions<\/li>\n<li>A <strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">simple platform<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenove.com\/en\/offers\/assembl\/\">Assembl Flash<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, that was easy to use and enabled us to quickly process a huge number of contributions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The results\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The approach was a great success offering both quantitative and qualitative insights:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-16534\" src=\"https:\/\/bluenove.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-12-a\u0300-14.47.07-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A huge number of collaborators shared their views on strategic topics such as the Group\u2019s vision, purpose and social &amp; societal role as members of the organisation and as brand consumers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16535 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluenove.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-12-a\u0300-14.47.13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The different steps in the project enabled us to bring together contributions from teams (bottom up) and strategic insights from management (top down) as transparently as possible<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16536 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bluenove.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-12-a\u0300-14.47.53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"68\" \/>This co-constructed and guided approach will help ensure teams remain committed to the new raison d\u2019\u00eatre over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:contact@bluenove.com\" class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-shortcode mr-3 mb-3\" rel=\"nofollow\" alt=\"Contact us!\" target=\"_blank\">Contact us!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a six-month period, Bluenove\u00a0helped a major European retailer already well-established in its local market to co-construct its raison d\u2019\u00eatre and highlight its positive social impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":18598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-case-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How can thousands of collaborators co-create their purpose? 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