Want To Be More Innovative At Work? Scientists Say To Try Daydreaming

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Alison Escalante
Date:
May 15, 2023
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Alison Escalante writes about the science of performance and reports on a study which determines if daydreaming can potentially improve productivity.

"The paper, published in The Academy Of Management Journal, “depicts daydreaming as a critical mechanism accounting for the connection between the type of work people do and the level of creativity they exhibit on the job,” wrote co-authors Baer, Erik Dane, associate professor of organizational behavior at Olin, and Hector P. Madrid of Pontificia Universidad."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisonescalante/2020/08/18/want-to-be-more-innovative-at-work-scientists-say-to-try-daydreaming/?sh=5ffb018a53d0

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