EVERY company would want their employees to think ‘outside the box’ in order to generate creativity for the advancement of productivity and performance. But it seems if the company wants to increase the creativity of their workers should focus on the office environment. According to a new study, environmental and cramped work space can stifle creativity and result in less inspiring than the workers. Usually a more open work space can stimulate the brain and enhance workers’ ability to think ‘outside the box’.
Scientists in China and the United States conducted experiments on volunteers to sit in a box measuring five feet by-five feet. And other volunteers are out of cardboard. Each of them identical environments and volunteers in the box is set in such a way as to not feel crowded.
After conducting tests, scientists found volunteers outside the box consistently more creative in thinking. Volunteers are asked to measure creativity by putting back together the two parts of coasters is cut and designed to be physically represented.
“Creativity is a skill that is highly sought after. Metaphors abound creative thinking in daily activities. Our experiments demonstrate for the first time some work activates metaphors of psychological processes that are conducive to generating creative ideas. So create an open office space that can free our minds, “said Dr. Angela Leung Singapore Management University as quoted Dailymail.