Deviant innovation means that while encouraging employees to innovate, organizations set up corresponding rules and regulations to restrict their innovative ideas and behaviors in order to prevent excessive autonomy from deviating from the track of organizational development. After their innovative solutions are rejected, some employees still believe that their innovative solutions will eventually bring benefits to the organization, and continue to covertly carry out the practice of innovation.


According to the above definition, clothing designer Xiao Wang designed a series of new accessories for the company, which was denied because it was inconsistent with the orientation of the company's development, and he continued to improve quietly is deviant innovation.