In this article, the author, Christiane Truelove, takes a deeper dive of into our global report Innovation: A Critical Necessity and found that people whose managers make them feel psychologically safe and comfortable with sharing their ideas are far more likely to engage in innovative work behaviours related to idea generation and development.
And, to make the workplace a fertile ground for ideas, leaders need to support the development, resources and implementation of these concepts so that employees feel like generating them isn't an exercise in futility.