The Case for Trash-Talking at Work, According to Research
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Furthermore, we found that trash-talking undermines creativity. After exposing individuals to trash-talking, we assessed their creative insight. If the task at hand required careful thought, they were simply less capable of accomplishing creative work than they were before the trash-talking episode. No, don’t do it.
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