Happening on TLNT: Where Ideas Go to Die

Dec 10, 2020

This article is part of a series called Happening on TLNT.

Pretty much every company says it values innovation. Only then to destroy it with poor mindsets and processes.

In her TLNT article, “Killing Innovation,” author Julia Shalet details the top ways that organizations stifle creativity and progress among their people. She explains how some company leaders will claim an idea is “off strategy,” or they’ll make workers jump through countless hoops to advance a project, or they’ll demonize the F word in unhealthy ways.

What’s the F word? Why might great ideas be dying at your own business. Head over to TLNT to read “Killing Innovation.”

This article is part of a series called Happening on TLNT.

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