Lazy or Creative?

Do you spend too much time surfing BotHack and other web sites? Bill Coleman of Salary.com makes the case that creative “waste” can benefit your company.

"Your quote in the press release was kind of interesting—about this idea of creative waste. If I’m getting you right, you’re saying that this time of loafing, if you’re doing it in a way that sparks new ideas for a company, it’s actually a good thing for the company overall.

Coleman: Not all nonproductive time that an employee spends is a complete waste. Some of it is creative or constructive waste. By that I mean it’s an opportunity for soft learning, if you will…[Y]ou shouldn’t feel bad about surfing The New York Times or reading any news article that could be relevant to what you do and could generate a new story idea for you. That’s an example of creative waste."

American Workers: Lazy or Creative? [News.com]

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