Can blue-collar workers be innovative?

We generally associate innovation with white-collar workers and don’t pay attention to blue-collar innovation. Team Smart Labour is working on a project with the Ministry of Human Resources & Emiritisation & The Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation to capture innovations from blue-collar workers at work and the labour camps. The initial feedback is extremely positive as workers have many innovative ideas, which don’t come out in the fore. They find indigenous solutions in many situations and some of their ideas have the potential of being harnessed and developed into refined products & solutions