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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I'd been reading quite a bit about ways to foster and generate greater innovation in the workplace. I brought in a few couches, remodeling our department so that some of our staff could stray from their desks and work from the couch now and again. I also started a policy where our employees could bring their dogs to work with them. This provided stress relief and encouraged micro-breaks, which increased productivity. I also wanted our employees to be more comfortable, so I changed our dress code to casual. Productivity and innovation improved substantially after that."

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question is nuanced, as your contribution in the context of this question is just as important as how you offered it. How you answer this question could inform your interviewer of your work style and ethic. Start by detailing how you identified an opportunity, how you pitched it, the support or lack of support you received, and the success you found as a result of your efforts.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
You want the answer you offer to center around their leadership principle, 'Invent and Simplify,' where they state, "Leaders expect and require innovation and invention from their teams and always find ways to simplify. They are externally aware, look for new ideas from everywhere, and are not limited by 'not invented here.' As we do new things, we accept that we may be misunderstood for long periods of time." Consider their leadership principles, 'Think Big' and 'Frugality,' as well. The more principles you can embrace in each answer, the better.

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