Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it’s easy to thwart.

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"If people fear making mistakes, they fear taking action. That’s how toxic cultures start."

- Adam Grant

Adversity

"Decency is avoiding disrespect, not avoiding disagreement. Integrity is trying to get it right, not being right."

- Adam Grant

Teamwork

"Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?"

- Adam Grant

Teamwork

"If an organization values innovation, you can assume it’s safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters."

- Adam Grant

Creativity

"Argue like you’re right, and listen like you’re wrong."

- Adam Grant

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity