In this article, Furtune's Anne Fisher writes about overworking people and its effect on innovation.
A blurb:
With innovation now our main competitive strength, creativity is crucial for anyone who wants to move up.
But it's really, really hard, if not impossible, for the human brain to come up with fresh new ideas when its owner is overworked, overtired, and stressed out. And in today's wonderful world of nonstop work, 40% of American adults get less than seven hours of sleep on weeknights.
"The physiological effects of tiredness are well-known. You can turn a smart person into an idiot just by overworking him," notes Peter Capelli, a professor of management at Wharton.
Seems pretty obvious, but there are many teams that work 60-hour weeks on projects where innovation is crucial. Do organizations just not get it?
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Posted by: Freddie Sirmans | November 27, 2007 at 12:31 AM