1. Barriers to New Ideas, Creativity, and Innovation
1.01B Cause and Effect:
Barriers to New Ideas, Creativity, and Innovation

2. There are a number of workforce barriers to new ideas, creativity and innovation. List six barriers that keep employers from accepting new ideas.

3. Immovable Forces Cause: Human nature to be uncomfortable with change
Effect:
Old habits, beliefs, and assumptions cloud openness to ideas

4. Judgement Cause: People mock and ridicule what they don’t understand
Effect: Reluctances to share ideas, fear of being ridiculed

5. Playing by the Rules
Cause: Inflexible and rigid organizational structures stifle any innovative or creative processes
Effect: Oppressive environments force employees to conform and hampers creative thinking

6. Hard Work Cause: Too much time and effort
Effect: Negativity and lack of hard work

7. No Process
Cause: No policy or procedure has been established to submit new ideas
Effect: Suggestion box ideas never materialized

8. Misunderstanding
Cause: Management doesn’t recognize employee ideas as innovative
Effect: Inaccurate impression of what is creative can result in workplace conflicts

9. Now, what are some strategies to overcome these barriers?