Why Your Smartest People Stop Taking Risks at Work — and How to Fix It
- Erika Willitzer

- 4 hours ago
- 4 min read

Every workplace has them.
The employee who notices the broken process before anyone else. The team member who sees a better way to serve customers. The person who has a smart idea sitting in the back of their mind but no longer says it out loud.
Here’s the thing: your smartest employees usually do not stop taking risks because they stopped caring.
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