Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship 2012: Effectively Lead The Charge To A Culture Of Innovation by Max Maccarone with Riskology on Encouraging Innovation
Apr 4, 2026
Practical ways to build a culture of innovation through learning and development. How creating psychological safety in training unlocks idea-sharing across hierarchies. Strengths-based and diverse teams are shown to spark creativity and collaboration. Tips for making L&D agile and coordinated so innovation becomes sustainable rather than one-off.
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Use Training To Build Psychological Safety
- Create training spaces that make employees feel safe to share ideas across hierarchies to seed innovation.
- Tiffany Papa's strengths-based training at Bonobos celebrated individuals and led to more collaboration and open communication.
Diversity Turns Into Competitive Advantage
- Diverse teams produce more creativity and higher-quality outputs that translate across cultures and markets.
- EY's Martin Haider notes a "global flavor" in teams makes content applicable to emerging and mature markets, boosting productivity.
Make Learning Infrastructure Agile
- Adopt an agile L&D infrastructure so training adapts quickly to shifting business needs and sustains innovation.
- Wyndham Destinations' Anthony Sandinato describes a flexible L&D framework that remains nimble without sacrificing speed or quality.