DISCOVERIES
VIDEOCONFERENCING STIFLES CREATIVITY
TECHNOLOGY
Being tethered to a screen makes us less likely to mentally wander, and this has an impact on our creative thinking
Videoconferencing is a convenient way of interacting with colleagues in different locations, but it may make it harder to bounce ideas around
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T hanksto the pandemic, more people are or have been working from home. Multiple studies and surveys have shown that many would like to carry on doing so, even as the threat from COVID-19 fades. New research carried out in the USA, however, suggests that in-person teams tend to perform better at certain tasks than those working remotely.