Ideas, creativity, innovation.  These are three elements of business in which everyone at Next Day Blinds is aware.  This is something that is setting businesses apart from the others, in a day and age where competition is tough, and consumers are choosy and very spend thrifty.  This effects every aspect of how the company runs their transactions, designs their products and attends to their customer service policies.

At Next Day Blinds, customer reviews are just opportunities for finding solutions.  The generation of ideas from staff is a two part process.  First of course, is the thinking stage, also known as the Expansion Stage.  This is where the manager, or the person in charge of the brain storming session, gives their ideas in an attempt to prompt those in the meeting into a territory where other ideas will ensue.  Consider the television show, “House“.  This is what Dr. House does with his team, he throws ideas out there for them to take and run with, it is a going back and forth, a very interactive conversation.  This is a great way not only to come up with new ideas for designs in blinds for windows and doors, but a great way to go about solving challenges that customers, employees or the company may be encountering.

The second stage is called Convergence.  This is when the leader of the meeting selects certain ideas, and really hones in on them, chooses the best ones for the particular subject at hand.  Both stages of the process are equally necessary and important.  Depending on how complex of a situation is being solved, both of these processes may take a bit of time.  There are a few elements that can make this entire creative process move more quickly and painlessly.

One of the elements is to have a clear understanding of just what everyone is dealing with.  For Next Day Blinds, are they discussing new designs for vertical or horizontal slated shades, or are they speaking of windows or office partitions?  This sounds simple, but it is important to know exactly, and I mean exactly, what everyone should be focused on.  In this way, this company remains one of the innovative forerunners in the home design and window treatment arena.


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