Innovators are seldom easy to be around. The most creative members of an organization can be irascible, annoying, touchy, intolerant, prickly, self aggrandizing. Their lack of tact offends coworkers. It also makes them willing to speak up when others hold their tongues. What comes out of their mouths is often quite valuable, if not always easy to hear.
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