By Yvonne Milosevic Do you want your team to develop the best products, ideas, or innovations? Then here’s your failproof blueprint for success: aim for gender balance. Not only does it make sense from an equity standpoint, but the data also shows that gender mix…
Like the view from my office? By Yvonne Milosevic The past two years have proven that remote employees can be as productive—if not more so—as they were in the Before Times. Yet, as the pandemic lingers on, not everyone is on the same page about…
By Yvonne Milosevic There’s a key ingredient missing from most brainstorming sessions, and it’s called burstiness. To visualize what this looks like, imagine a boisterous family dinner, where the conversation ricochets around the table. Or think of improv, where the ideas tumble out, and each person…
By Yvonne Milosevic “I just love meetings!” said no one ever. It's more likely you either loathe them, or they bore you to tears. Roughly 55 million meetings occur each week, and 67% of employees say that time spent in meetings hinders productive work. But eliminating…
By Yvonne Milosevic You can find tons of advice on the interwebs about how to improve your team’s brainstorming sessions. But until recently, we’ve missed one fundamental truth about how we tap into our most creative solutions. People often think their best ideas come early…
By Yvonne Milosevic Number 1,642 on the list of things the pandemic has deprived us of this past year: our beloved coffee shops. Specifically, the joy of working and socializing in situ accompanied by a steaming cup of (insert favorite coffeehouse beverage here). Something about this…
By Yvonne Milosevic Multitasking is often poo-pooed as a productivity killer. But despite its bad rap, researchers have long wondered whether it might have an underappreciated upside. Professors Shimul Melwani of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and Chaitali “Tali” Kapadia of Florida International University joined forces…
By Yvonne Milosevic Want to get better at a foreign language/playing the piano/giving presentations? The not-so-secret method for improving performance in almost any area of life is practice. And lots of it. But a study shared in Insights by Stanford Business found that practice does…
A Day of Disconnect to Help You Reconnect By Yvonne Milosevic Let’s all say this together: Hello! My name is __________, and I’m a smartphone zombie. ICYMI, cell phone addiction now has a proper clinical name: nomophobia (no-mobile-phone-phobia). Symptoms include that panicky feeling you get…
By Yvonne Milosevic Are you a fan of team brainstorming sessions? Many of us need to collaborate from time to time to come up with creative solutions at work. The trouble is, some research suggests that teams are less creative than individuals. If so, then…