In his first post for the blog, my colleague John Patrick explains how it can actually stifle change and make matters worse.

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Executives at a lot of companies stifle their employees because they--not those employees--are change averse and afraid of two-way feedback.

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That Mr Obama needs Chinese help to fix the global economy and on climate-change mitigation does not mean the leader of the free world should stifle criticism of its political system.

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Google Inc. has agreed to change some of its business practices to resolve Federal Trade Commission concerns that those practices could stifle competition in the markets for popular devices such as smart phones, tablets and gaming consoles, as well as the market for online search advertising.

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