[pugworthy]

I'm curious if anyone has run into situation where being an "idea" person has been a negative at work. Sometimes there is the perception of ideation as a waste of time, or that the ideator (is that a word?) is one of those "whacky ideas" people. "Why are you going for walks, don't you have work to do?"

[sdenton4]

As a former mathematician who can relate very well to the article, I can say that most of the self-described 'ideas people' I've met are charlatans who really aren't doing the necessary groundwork.

[gitgud]

It can be frustrating if the idea person is constantly talking about them, but doesn't act on any.

It's easy to have ideas... validating/building them, that's the hard part

[jbms]

Talking about them may be to see which ones resonate with people and are perhaps more valuable to do. Ideas people can be full of ideas and so they don't hold them too dearly because they'll have more ideas tomorrow. Sharing them's a way of testing and dismissing the majority that won't get traction.