Risk management is important, but once trust has been established in an organization, you’ll radically improve your chances of success by giving your people permission to pursue their ideas. The Kenyan company Ushahidi learned this lesson along the way: a data-mapping business with a clear vision for its future, Ushahidi decided to take a chance on one lead engineer’s radically different approach. The CEO realized he had a choice to make: Do I put my foot down and retain sole authority to disr...