In an article written for Inc., Marcel Schwantes, global speaker, leadership expert and creator of the online course From Boss To Leader (Portuguese), teaches some tricks to improve cognitive function in order to think better and more clearly, experience more insights and have more creative discoveries. Here are some of them: 1. Research suggests that the surest way to spark the imagination and gain new insights is to look for environments with which you have no experience. Therefore, look for new spaces to hold meetings, for example. 2. Give way to abstract ideas for the most creative insights to take shape. Practice more the "waking dream", leave room for those ideas that arise in a moment of leisure as in a hot bath. 3. Research has found that employees who have time during their workday to do whatever they want – whether it's a side project or a hobby – are much more likely to develop innovative and creative thinking. Does your work team have that free time and that freedom to manage their own time? 4. Another important fact, the result of research, is that people who have fun at work are more creative and productive, make better decisions and get along better with colleagues. They're also much less likely to call to say they're sick or be late. How is the promotion of recreational activities in your company? Source: Época Negócios
