Professional Thinking

TimK’s post on the The Thought-Work Uncertainty Principle is just about the best thing I’ve read on the workplace and creativity.

Laura Ricci’s post on The Ways We Sabotage Proposals discusses the mental impairment of doing the same thing for long periods of time.

Together, these two articles make a strong case for trusting professionals in the business of using their minds to be, well, professional. When a company’s greatest asset turns into a bowlful of Jell-o, it’s a serious issue. The professional knows when it happens, and knows the best thing to do is something else.

I really need to read Peopleware again - it covers some of this same ground.

One Comment

1. Dan said:

   Interesting reads, but I must take exception to this statement: “When you are under stress, your IQ drops 40 points or more.” I happen to know that my IQ can’t be a negative number, so this can’t be true for me!

   May 19th, 2006 at 2:14 pm

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