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Why Seclusion Is the Enemy of Creativity

Harvard Business Review

Pontormo knew he needed to make these frescoes the crowning achievement of his career, so he sealed off the entire chapel. He spent eleven years holed up, painting Christ on Judgement Day, Noah’s ark, and Creation itself. ” Leadership can be similarly isolating. No one in a leader’s orbit is neutral.