John Cleese on creativity
I must admit I never new much about John Cleese before watching this video other than he was in Monty Python and that he is very funny. I had no idea he was also so analytical or that he had a scientific background.
I have had similar experiences of giving up on solving a problem and going to bed to discover the next day that I have unconsciously solved the solution over night. Sometimes I don’t even know I have solved the problem until I start debugging the problem with someone else and at which point I tell them the solution before my conscious mind was even aware that I had a solution.
The concept of setting up ‘boundaries of space and time’: space from interruptions and periods of time to focus on a task is a very good way of explaining the necessary prerequisites for achieving flow. I particularly like John’s dig at laptops being distracting followed by the camera panning to two guys in the audience sitting using laptops who seem oblivious to what he just said…
It’s actually one of the reasons why I like setting up meetings. I would rather schedule a conversation (or have a conversation scheduled) than unknowingly interrupt someone in the flow zone.
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Thanks for sharing! Now, how do we effectively set up those boundaries of space and time in chaotic team environments…?