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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