How to teach innovation: more hands on learning and less penalization for failure. This article from the Wall Street Journal is focussed on education, but perhaps some of the principles are applicable to the workplace.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577337790086673050.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4
#leadership #teaching
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Most of our high schools and colleges are not preparing students to become innovators. To succeed in the 21st-century economy, students must learn to analyze and solve problems, collaborate, persevere, take calculated risks and learn from failure. To find out how to encourage these skills, I interviewed scores of innovators and their parents, teachers and employers.
