Innovation Articles

By Ella Miron-Spektor, Dana R. Vashdi, Teresa Amabile, Vered Holzmann

How to Make Sure Good Ideas Don't Get Lost in the Shuffle

Jun-06-18

Encouraging creativity can backfire if employees lack the resources, support, or mechanisms to develop and implement their ideas. Indeed, when managers urge employees to invest extra effort in creativity, but then reject their ideas (often because they are single-mindedly focused on productivity and efficiency), employees become frustrated and their creativity wanes over time. As a result, innovation can stall.
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