Innovation is the fuel that powers change and development in the commercial landscape. However, if it comes to delivering the changes in a large corporation context, this task appears to be as complicated as a labyrinth. The apprehension of making errors, raising obvious questions, or treading on someone’s toes can slow down growth and discourage the very innovation we are pursuing.

But it doesn’t have to be like this. Taking into consideration the liberal attitude towards posing the most idiotic questions and bearing less criticism to the concepts of learning and maintaining the strength of the existing frameworks, enterprises become actual opportunities that can ensure consistent growth and relevancy in the contemporary world. We will discuss the issues and recommendations concerning the development of an innovation framework in the corporate environment.

Embrace Asking Dumb Questions

Indeed, at first sight, such an approach seems to be quite opposite to achieving purposefully aimed at introducing innovations. Moreover, who wants to be that guy/girl in front of his/her colleagues; the one whom everyone takes for granted as being utterly dumb? But the fact is that posing stupid questions is one of the most viable options if it comes to creating new ideas.

Of course, in any organization, there are tens of thousands, if not millions, of people who have some incredible wealth of knowledge and experience. Firstly, by asking what seem to be silly questions you create an environment for others to speak their minds, express their ideas, and share their point of view. Organizing work in this way fosters a climate for creativity because people are working in cooperation with one another.

Moreover, by making people ask questions (even if they are stupid) you are creating a culture of openness and transparency. It shows that when p