Solitude and Collaboration

This recent New York Times article is worth a read: The Rise of the New Groupthink. There’s a lot packed into it, and a few good takeaways:

  1. Creative work is best done in solitude
  2. Committees are not creative (beware ‘brainstorming’ sessions)
  3. The way you layout your office matters
  4. Interruptions are not harmless (more on that here)
  5. Be strategic and deliberate about collaboration
  6. Neither (collaboration or solitude) is good in extreme

Photo credit: Andy Roberts

 

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