2024-12-22T01:56:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/146192694/this-decade-of-perks-is-ruining-our-creativity Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-01-20T13:10:00-05:00 >2016-02-09T23:53:13-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3a/3ae8d53f9b76ff126d2ef4a74d826f31?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Give employees all the tools they need to innovate, make space for a little fun, then watch the sparks fly. The truth about creativity, however, is considerably less convenient. Discomfort, and even a degree of hardship, are what drive creativity, not bean bag chairs and ping pong tables. [...] if companies want to nurture creative employees, not only content ones, they must include challenges and even a dash of hardship in their bag of perks.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related posts from the serendipity machine news desk:</p><ul><li><a title="Archinect's Lexicon: &quot;Serendipity Machine&quot;" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/115745518/archinect-s-lexicon-serendipity-machine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect's Lexicon: "Serendipity Machine"</a></li><li><a title="Will Zappos turn downtown Las Vegas into the next Silicon Valley?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/91759585/will-zappos-turn-downtown-las-vegas-into-the-next-silicon-valley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will Zappos turn downtown Las Vegas into the next Silicon Valley?</a></li><li><p><a title="Do contemporary office designs upend work/life balance?" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/135186246/do-contemporary-office-designs-upend-work-life-balance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Do contemporary office designs upend work/life balance?</a></p></li></ul>