To murder creativity

To encourage creativity

Make the established processes a religion and have the employees to sing the mantra "This is the best possible way to do it" every morning.

Culture of Creative Dissatisfaction

Leave employees with no time for exploring new ways of doing things.

Create Space for Intrapreneurship

Overload creative employees with mundane work.

Empower Innovators

Punish employees who cross-pollinate their ideas during working hours for not doing their job instead.

Cross-pollination Tips by IDEO

Call a lot of discipline-focused meetings.

Inspiring Culture

If someone suggests a creative idea, start criticizing it immediately.

Suspend Judgment

Ask for a strictly formatted 100-page document to justify every creative idea.

Weighted Guiding Principles (WGP)

Make it a rule that every author of a creative idea should get it endorsed by the chief security officer first.

Know the enemies of innvation

Focus creativity training on how to prepare XL justification documents and write reports about why the idea didn't work.

InnoBall (Innovation Brainball) simulation game

If a creative idea gets approved, find a way to block its implementation.

Play InnoBall to reduce risks