This is going to be long, apologies in advance, but it was a hard lesson for me to learn that I hope people here can appreciate.
I now consider myself a 'recovering fix-aholic' after 20 years working. I've always been a fixer, and I've moved up through three different industries at breakneck paces because of my ability to problem solve. And here's the best advice I can give you: Don't. Just don't.
I always thought my 'solutions' would make life easier, for myself and my coworkers. But whether I streamlined a kitchen menu to optimize cook times, or figured out more efficient ways to rough/finish residential electrical installations to save a day on build times, or automated the logistics tracking program at the multi-billion dollar retail corporation I worked for… Our working lives never got easier.
Instead: The restaurant owners would sell off their now profitable restaurants. The electrical firm would hire 30% less staff. The retail company used my tracking program to fire half their analysts, bankrupt several manufacturers and net an additional $1.2 billion in 2020. (I got a $4,000 slice of that pie)
I was a corporate shill in the worst way – I truly thought I was helping my staff/coworkers by implementing these ideas, when I was actually stabbing them in the back.
So, if you are a 'problem-solver', a 'fixer' or an 'innovator' – Learn to do what I do now. Bite your tongue. When shit's inefficient, or a small change could seemingly make the job easier, just don't point it out. Make an internal note of how you can use it to your advantage.
Now I sit behind a desk at an insurance company while I let a computer program run 90% of my job for me, and for the first time work is easier. If I shared my program, my 40+ person department would be down to 5 people and the CEO would buy another Tesla with all the extra profit.
Use your talent to exploit the company that's exploiting you… but for the love of all that is good, don't let them know what you know. Do what you're paid to do with as little effort as possible, help your coworkers when you can, but don't help your bosses/owners/CEOs in making anyone's job obsolete.