Companies fire employees for these personality traits, but maybe they should be getting bonuses

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Here at Fast Company, we focus a lot on innovation: who has it, how to get it, and what's next in terms of the ever-evolving landscape of business. So when I read the first draft of Sunny Bonnell's and Ashleigh Hansberger's piece on the type of person most likely to be the innovator in a group or organization, I was intrigued.

Their so-called "rare breed" individual who doesn't always play well with others might have gone the way of the common Silicon Valley trope (with or without a black turtleneck and a bad attitude). Instead, though, these two outline the personality traits that could be viewed as difficult or negative and explain why it's worth sticking with them. And they acknowledge the downsides, or as they see it, the double-edged sword, and encourage leaders to take a chance on them anyway. The future of innovation depends on it. Read my story here.

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