While we all claim to be open-minded at the workplace, many of that presumption falls flat when radical new ideas are presented by others. In today’s world where disruptors can overnight destroy markets of existing giants, it is essential to develop a radical open-mindedness. Some steps have been suggested to execute the same. Employees must never be satisfied with the existing status quo but keep challenging the same. Problem solving must take place collectively so that group expertise can be pooled in together. Also, the team must reflect diversity in terms of gender and demographics as such an environment best fosters business innovation. We must never be bogged down by pre-conditioned theorems but keep on challenging such assumptions.

Source: http://innovationexcellence.com/blog/2016/08/10/how-to-be-radically-open-minded/