growth mindset, and what growth mindset in business means.Author and Stanford University professor Carol Dweck coined the term in her 2006 book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
As she writes for Harvard Business Review,“[P]opularity has a price: people sometimes distort ideas, and therefore fail to reap their benefits.”But when properly understood and effectively cultivated, a growth mindset has demonstrable benefits in business, including more trust between colleagues, boosted morale, and increased innovation.
According to Emeritus, people who work at companies with a growth mindset are 65% more likely to say that their company promotes risk-taking—and without risks, there is no innovation.At my company, Jotform, doing our best to achieve a growth mindset has helped us to navigate the pandemic and lean into experimentation and adjustment during rapidly evolving circumstances.
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