Thinking Time
“He’s staring out the window again … “
People were fascinated by my ex-colleague’s habit. Of course, his habit was one of thinking.
In our productivity-driven workplaces, staring out a window and thinking is seen as wasting time.
Yet, thinking can be one of the most productive things we can spend our time doing. How else do we solve complex problems, find novel solutions, create, discover new ideas and improvements?
Too often our workplaces don’t allow time for thinking.
Too often we don’t give ourselves permission to do some deep thinking.
If we want to work better, and do better work, we need to incorporate thinking into our workdays and workplaces.
What would it take to add some thinking into your day?