Layoffs in Recessionary Times

I am working on an article on innovation during recessionary times.  Part of the article talks about  who is a likely lay-off candidate, and the risks to the company that it will lay off its best problem solvers.  Robert Sutton of Stanford University (author of “The No Asshole Rule” and “Weird Ideas That Work”) and I have been exchanging emails and he blogged on the issue today.