Tuesday, May 18, 2010

When in doubt, keep your mouth shut

The article by Prof. Behrens was cited in the May 2010 edition of the business magazine “Época Negócios”.

An organizational culture with an innovation mindset should not muffle its collaborators. Yet too many employees are afraid to speak out.
In fact, in a global survey with over 500 replies, only about one in five dares to “always speak out.” That is about the same share of employees that feels “only sometimes” it is safe speak out. Nearly half of the employees speak out “only most of the time;” but then, large majorities are not known to say anything controversial.

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