Creativity involves trying the new, exploring the unknown, and accepting uncertainty and the possibility of failure as well as trying unusual novel ideas–the essence of risk taking. The late Sir Ken Robinson expressed risk taking as follows:: “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.”(Source: https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/The-surprising-link-between-creativity-and-risk) Tyagi et al (2017) demonstrated that individuals who possess a creative personality and mind-set are more likely to take risks exclusively in the social domain.In regard to a corporate setting, Dewett (2004, 2006, 2007)found that creative behavior requires an employee to be willing to take risks in their work and that risk is an important influence on creative behavior. The results of a field study indicate that a willingness to take risks is a significant predictor of employee creativity and, in addition, mediates the relationship between encouragement and creativity. Shen et al (2018) showed that low risk-taking relates to convergent thinking and risk-taking was not significantly correlated with divergent thinking. Furthermore, these results suggest that appropriate reductions in risk-taking can boost convergent thinking. Risk-taking enables and encourages innovation and creativity, which requires taking risks. What is a risk? People should be clear about the term risk and what an actual risk is; namely, to try something without clearly knowing the final outcome. The focus here is on smart risks; that is, being venturesome, daring, exploratory. Failed risks aren't always negative; sometimes, they provide the most valuable lessons one can learn (Beghetto, Karwowski & Reiter-Palmon, 2020;Tyagi et al, 2017;Shen et al, 2018).