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Why some innovators persist and others quit

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By Blair S. Walker, Gaby Clark Verified, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
When new ideas meet resistance at work, what happens next often depends less on the idea itself and more on the support innovators receive from the people around them. A new study from the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School finds that colleagues play a defining role in helping innovators push through setbacks or, conversely, abandon their efforts altogether. "Innovators really care deeply about their work," said Luke N.
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Understanding problems tougher than solving them, mobile game experiment shows

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By Blair S. Walker, Gaby Clark Verified, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he'd devote 55 minutes to understanding it and only five minutes to crafting a solution. Einstein believed that the most difficult aspect of problem-solving was gaining a comprehensive grasp of the challenge to be addressed.
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America's divisions causing workplace dysfunction

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By Blair S. Walker, Sadie Harley, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
Organizational engagement with social issues is pushing culture wars into corporate America, leading to bickering and suboptimal performance, says Luke N. Hedden, assistant professor at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School. He's co-authored a paper on the phenomenon, "'MOB' mentality? On the formation and consequences of moralized opinion-based intergroup conflict in organizations." The study was published by the Academy of Management Review.
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