Overall, walking was linked to a significant uplift in participants’ creative thinking. In fact, 81% of participants saw their scores for creative output go up by an average of 60% when they were walking, rather than sitting
While walking proved useful for divergent thinking, it was less effective in boosting the kind of convergent thinking that helps resolve complex puzzles. In other words, walking may not be good for focused thinking, but it is a powerful tool for more creative, generative thinking.
Isn’t it safer to stick to the secrecy of the meeting room?
Not according to the Mafia. Joseph C. Massino, the first New York mafia boss ever to break the mob’s code of silence and cooperate with the authorities, once told a courtroom that, among the golden rules for a discreet conversation, “You never talk in a club, you never talk in a car, you never talk on a cellphone, you never talk on a phone, you never talk in your house.”
Massino testified in court that walk-talks, where conversations would take place as the participants roved the streets, were, in fact, the safest. If the Mafia — suspicious that there are FBI agents actively trying to listen to them — feels that walking meetings are an ideal setting for discussing business, you’re probably going to be okay talking about next year’s marketing plan out in the open, too
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Overall, walking was linked to a significant uplift in participants’ creative thinking. In fact, 81% of participants saw their scores for creative output go up by an average of 60% when they were walking, rather than sitting
While walking proved useful for divergent thinking, it was less effective in boosting the kind of convergent thinking that helps resolve complex puzzles. In other words, walking may not be good for focused thinking, but it is a powerful tool for more creative, generative thinking.
Isn’t it safer to stick to the secrecy of the meeting room? Not according to the Mafia. Joseph C. Massino, the first New York mafia boss ever to break the mob’s code of silence and cooperate with the authorities, once told a courtroom that, among the golden rules for a discreet conversation, “You never talk in a club, you never talk in a car, you never talk on a cellphone, you never talk on a phone, you never talk in your house.” Massino testified in court that walk-talks, where conversations would take place as the participants roved the streets, were, in fact, the safest. If the Mafia — suspicious that there are FBI agents actively trying to listen to them — feels that walking meetings are an ideal setting for discussing business, you’re probably going to be okay talking about next year’s marketing plan out in the open, too
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