…idea-sharing works best when we also protect the interior quiet in which, for many, inspiration first arrives. Research suggests group brainstorming doesn’t work and that open-plan workspaces are associated with high blood pressure and conflict. “It’s one thing to associate with a group in which each member works autonomously on his piece of the puzzle,” Cain notes, but “another to be corralled into endless meetings… in offices that afford no respite from the noise and gaze of co-workers.
This column will change your life: introverts | Life and style | The Guardian
