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To Be More Creative, Carve Out Your Breaks

To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks 30 May 2023 --- New research shows that scheduling when you take breaks or switch tasks encourages creativity and helps you find more insightful answers to problems you are solving. Based on the HBR/Ascend article by Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason: https://hbr.org/2017/05/to-be-more-creative-schedule-your-breaks This video is co-produced with @Emeritus. You can find more co-productions from HBR and Emeritus on the Emeritus app: https://emrt.us/HarvardBusinessReview Follow HBR: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Explainer #Creativity #Breaks #Tips #Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks

30 May 2023

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New research shows that scheduling when you take breaks or switch tasks encourages creativity and helps you find more insightful answers to problems you are solving. Based on the HBR/Ascend article by Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason: https://hbr.org/2017/05/to-be-more-creative-schedule-your-breaks This video is co-produced with @Emeritus. You can find more co-productions from HBR and Emeritus on the Emeritus app: https://emrt.us/HarvardBusinessReview Follow HBR: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Explainer #Creativity #Breaks #Tips #Work


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