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Do Unusual Workplaces Spur Creativity?

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The study found that the social aspect of working in a cafe was vitally important to workers, who revealed that it made them feel a part of something bigger, while the background noise also bolstered their creativity levels. At least, that’s if they want to encourage creativity within the workforce.

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The Strategic Advantage of Implementing a Junior Advisory Board in Your Organization

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By collaborating closely with senior management on strategic initiatives, such a board offers a unique viewpoint that can significantly influence the company’s direction. Avoiding bureaucratic entanglements allows these young advisors to freely express their creativity and innovative ideas.

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Do Co-Working Spaces Limit Our Creativity?

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Co-working spaces are often branded as places that are not only communal but creative, where the interactions you get with people you ordinarily wouldn’t rub shoulders with spark a host of new ideas. Research from Bayes Business School suggests that this isn’t really the case, and indeed co-working spaces can limit our creativity.

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Why Creativity Is Hard To Repeat

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The world is awash with great ideas, but while many would make the case that innovation and creativity should be repeatable activities, actually doing so is often harder than we think. They chose this field because cookbooks are not only creative endeavors, but also often labors of love. Recognizing creativity.

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How Creative Are We When Working Virtually?

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While the general consensus is that employees liked it and were reasonably productive, there are concerns about its impact on things like creativity and innovation. Affecting creativity. The researchers conducted a lab experiment with half of the participating teams working together online and the remainder working together in person.

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Do Morals Affect Our Creativity?

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Moral behavior is typically something cherished in the workplace, but there have been concerns that creativity thrives better when we’re happy to bend the rules a bit. Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that this doesn’t have to be the case, and that morality can in fact spark creativity too.

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Does Our Body Clock Affect Our Creativity?

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New research from the University of Vienna suggests that it might also be affecting our creativity. “I I think many people have a feeling for whether they are productive or creative in the morning or in the afternoon or in the evening. The task was designed to be as reflective of real-life creativity tasks as possible.