"Increasing Innovation Through Positive Taboos"
Mind Play, January 1995, Volume 2, Issue 1

Summary:
If an organization wants to establish a value for innovation, what non-supportive behaviors must be expelled?  While taboos will be different for each organization, there are nine dimensions of the innovative environment which provide guidance for the establishment of taboos.  These nine dimensions are based on the pioneering work of Goran Ekvall of Sweden and consist of:

	Challenge
	Freedom
	Idea Support
	Idea Time
	Openness and Trust
	Playfulness and Humor
	Debates on the Issues
	Interpersonal Conflict
	Risk-Taking

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