We live in a difficult age, when employees are encouraged to bring their “whole selves” to work – your personalities, backgrounds and vulnerabilities. Except that company codes of conduct then ask that you leave potentially troublesome things like personal opinions and beliefs at the front door. And yet every successful company needs dissent. It’s the stuff of airport lounge business books that the most valuable employees aren't the ones who always agree, but the ones who put their hand up in meetings to make an effective challenge. How else do you drive innovation than by disagreement? The innovation trap It’s never easy to go against the grain within an organisation, but it can pay dividends. Just look at the late Steve Jobs (millions of tech bros still do). This year, Apple marks its 50th anniversary.…