To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks
January 16, 2018
By: Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason for the Harvard Business Review Imagine that on a Friday afternoon, before leaving work to start your weekend, you are asked to solve two problems that require creative thinking. Do you: Spend the first half of your time attempting the first problem and the second half of your time attempting the second Alternate between the two problems at a regular, predetermined interval (e.g., switching every five minutes) Switch between the problems at your own discretion If you are like the hundreds
