Removing Barriers to Innovation | TIME.com

Removing Barriers to Innovation | TIME.com

The last thing you want to do is stand in the way of innovation, but you may unwittingly be doing some things that stifle your employees’ entrepreneurial spirit.In their book, “The Innovative CIO: How IT Leaders Can Drive Business Transformation,” authors Andi Mann, George Watt and Peter Matthews of CA Technologies discuss a number of “innovation killers” that could be holding back your small business or startup.For starters, there’s no such thing as a bad idea. Never put down an idea or dismiss it too quickly, or people may become hesitant to speak up. And don’t penalize failure. Good ideas sometimes don’t work out. Instead, praise the effort

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    114.0 days ago

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