When wholesale support is given to ideas before they are thoroughly examined, it is almost certain that something is going wrong. Some combination of three problematic scenarios is taking place, and each serves to slide the idea out onto thin ice... ... read the 338 words that used to be in this web article by buying...
...Chapter 5 Excerpt: 'Intellectual Freedom'
Can people recognize a good idea when they see one? The answer to this question is iffy. When a good idea arises in an organization, the answer is even less reliable. Why have so many companies had such a hard time generating, recognizing and acting on good ideas? The short answer is that many companies are crowded with people who are passive and even politicized. To a great extent, this is due to the ways in which new ideas are brought into the company's "frame of reference".