In this overview study author points at the crucial innovation strategies of the companies: innovation of the product or service. Then it describes necessary step in innovation: identification of strategic gap in order to gain competitive advantage and implementation of learning or training. Study mentions also three important ways and attitudes which lead to the innovation: support of the leaders (transformational leadership); knowledge sharing (which can be associated with experiential learning and with realizing the hidden potentials of the experience); and the need of the knowledge worker to autonomy. The leadership has to consider when it is preferable to let the knowledge workers to work independently; and when it is better to search the ideas in group (for example brainstorming or collective mind mapping). On the other hand, the method of mind mapping can be used in group, but also it is an instrument, tool to look for new ideas for independent person, individual par example for planning, making decision and writing of articles. Conclusion part of the study contains Table with defined crucial opportunities and risks of autonomy and knowledge sharing.