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A study reveals that while many bosses claim to promote innovation, their employees often think they're delusional creativity killers. There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self-assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average. And, when it comes to managers, a majority believe that they inspire and support creativity within their company, according to new research from talent management consultancy DDI.

The short of it ( covered in depth by Michael Eisen , and Razib tipped me off to the issue ) is that Carolyn Maloney, a congresswoman funded by Elsevier, which is a major for-profit publishing company, is trying to pass the Research Works Act, which would deny Americans free access to research funded by taxpayer money. Currently, any research funded by the National Institute of Health must be made freely available to the public 12 months after publication. You can see why for-profit publishing companies do not like this policy.