Why your boss ignores your ideas

Is it because they are set in their ways, or because they can't do much about the idea in the first place?

Just to get "the big idea" out up front here, there are typically two reasons a boss ignores an idea --- >

1. They have a very set way of doing things and your idea does not fit into that.

2. They have no organizational authority to do anything about the idea, hence they ignore it rather than trying to help you get it up the chain and have two people (you and t…