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"Innovative"doesnotnecessarilymeanradicalorexpensive,nordothebestideascomefromthetop.AwomanontheshopflooratFordsuggestedputtingsymbolsofdifferenten-ginepartssothatdriverswouldnotneedamanualtodosomethingsimple,suchaschecktheoil.Itprovedsopopularitisnowcommonpractice.
Ford'sopenpolicytowardsemployees'ideas"generatestensofthousandsofe-mailsamonth",accordingtoEdSketch,thedirectoroftraininganddevelopmentinAmericaandEurope.Thecompanyhasevenemployedpeopletosiftthroughthem.Money-savingbrainwavesarerewardedwithbigbonusesoranewcar.
Companiesmightwanttorecruitinnovativethinkers,butdotheyreallywantnoncon-formistsonboard?PeerGranger,theheadofInsightTraining,whichrunsinnovationwork-shopsforcompanies,believesthattheriskofnothavingthemonboardisgreater."It'snotliketheolddays,wherecompaniescouldchurnoutthesameoldproductyearafteryearandcustomerswouldbuythem.It"companiesdon'tinnovate,theydie.Justlookatthehighstreet.Andalmostbydefinition,youhavetobedifficultinordertoinnovatebecauseitisaboutchallengingthestatusquo."
Theproblemisthatinnovatorsareusuallyseenastrouble-makersandareoftenthefirstpeo-pletogoifacompanyisdownsizing.There'ssuchablameculturethatpeoplearescaredtostepoutsidethenorms.Inourworkshopsweshowpeoplethevalueofbreakingrules."
However,Grangerthinksthatdifficult,innovativepeoplewouldcrumblewithouttheirconformistcolleagues."Crikey,youneedtheotherpeopletosay,'Hangon,maybethisisn'tagoodidea',whichcansaveyoualotofhasslelater.Andturninganideaintorealitymayinvolveofficepolitics,whichdifficultpeoplemaynotbegoodat."
Theexampleofthewomanwhosesuggestionwaspopularindicatesthat___________. A.everythingthatisbeneficialtopeoplecanbesaidtobeinnovative
B.eventhecommonpeoplecanputforwardaninnovativesuggestion
C.peopleareeasytoacceptnewthingsthatarehelpfultothem
D.theideasfromthetopsometimesarenotasgoodasthosefromordinarypeople
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