2024-11-21T17:59:44-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150150475/doing-creative-work-when-we-are-obsessed-with-checking-our-phones Sean Joyner 2019-08-07T21:00:00-04:00 >2019-08-09T12:54:06-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b496062c4c50a6df4450c766e83b7720.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://hbr.org/2019/06/doing-creative-work-when-you-cant-stop-looking-at-your-phone" target="_blank">According to author Brian Solis</a>, digital distractions are taking a significant toll on businesses, with 36-percent of Millennials and Gen Z workers reporting to spend two hours or more each workday "looking at their phones for personal activities." And while distractions can negatively influence creativity, they can also help propel forward the creative process.</p> <p>"...leaky attention may underlie both costs and benefits of creative cognition; noise and other environmental stimuli can serve as distractors for creative people, and lead them to make errors on some tasks. At the same time, leaky attention may help people integrate ideas that are outside the focus of attention into their current information processing, leading to creative thinking,&rdquo; Solis quotes from a research study on the topic.&nbsp;<br></p> <p>He contends is that we should "embrace the desire to check notifications, read various media, or even watch videos." That scheduling short breaks where we allow ourselves to indulge in these imp...</p>