Here's to the oddballs at work

THE next time someone calls you an oddball at work, consider it a badge of honour. As Dr Seuss puts it: "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

Call them what you want - misfits, mavericks or even troublemakers. Being different is not usually regarded very kindly, but companies are realising that these people are exactly who they need in times of fast change.

They are the ones with the wild ideas - crazy enough that they might actually work. They are the ones unafraid to challenge the status quo. And more than just talk big, they are the ones passionate enough to put their money (or hands, in this ca…