Where were you when 'Eureka' happened?
Parthajeet Sarma
Workplace transformation specialist, Chevening scholar (Oxford Univ), Keynote speaker, Author, ET Power of Ideas winner.
Do you remember the last time the spark of an idea popped up in your head? That Eureka moment? Do you remember where you were when that happened? Chances are high that you were NOT sitting on a work desk, working on your computer.
More often than not, great ideation happens in the space in-between work. Compared to 10 years back, humans today are dealing with more right-brained, creative work; whereas the left brained, logical work has been automated, or taken over by machines.
Such right brained work requires access to ‘in-between’ spaces, metaphorically as well as in reality. In a time and age, when we are going in and out of digital burrow-holes every now and then, entrepreneurs and organisations are just about beginning to understand the importance of creating an eco-system of ‘in-between’ spaces in our workplaces. Modern workplaces need to provide for solitude, as well as collaboration and spaces based on creative activity. For, space itself can be a starting point for innovation.