An office fixture as common as time clocks and water coolers, the suggestion box is becoming an important tool for companies willing to let their employees be back-seat drivers. The suggestion box is ...

Unfortunately, Roger’s experiences with a poorly run idea system are more the rule than the exception, it seems. Ever since William Denny put up the world’s first suggestion box in his shipbuilding ...

The use of the suggestion box dates to the 18th century, when it was implemented by the British navy as a means of improving morale and increasing efficiency, according to the reference website ...

FOR years, the suggestion box was little more than an office gag—a handy receptacle for notes telling the boss to kindly drop dead. But in U.S. industry employee suggestions are no longer a joking ...

Facebook surrounds your News Feed with suggestions, toolbars that link to useful apps, and advertisements. The design is meant to give you easy access to all the items that make Facebook a more useful ...

Your secretary, mailroom clerk or a junior associate might have the answers to the company's biggest problems. But you’ll never benefit from their input, since they probably aren’t invited to your ...

BOCA RATON — Pleas to spruce up City Hall, a possible warning to building inspectors, a few misplaced coupons and a smart remark were among the smattering of suggestions Mayor Emil Danciu found when ...

This spring, in Montreal, a box appeared on a fence beside a popular walking path and freight rail tracks that run through my neighborhood. It was painted white with black lettering reading: "Box for ...

Suggestion boxes, you know the ones, they might be an actual physical box, or they might take the form of an online ‘post an idea’ forum. In either case, both can have a detrimental effect on your ...