Blending Creativity into Your Working World

Over the years I found myself at times struggling with where work starts and stops. I’d don a corporate suit and I was ready for the corporate world (or at least that’s what my emotions were in cahoots with my brain about). Somewhere in there I got lost in the busy-ness of my day, I’d schedule what at times felt like an endless array of meetings with colleagues, my team: collectively and then 1:1’s. There would be days when I’d look out the window and think, wow - what a beautiful day. Maybe I’ll leave work, and get home, God forbid, before it’s dark.Here’s a quick life hack that, when voiced, makes complete sense to anyone out there that’s managed teams, had 1:1 meetings or quick catch ups with colleagues and booked a meeting room to do so…GO OUTSIDE, sit on the grass, the stairs, in the cafe, go for a walk - check out the local area. Make your meeting matter. Research shows that (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27321998) exercising significantly helps shift our brain into information retention and creative juice flowing mode.So, as a call to action:Pull out your Calendar, adopt a mindset of starting with manageable pieces. Look at your work week ahead. Choose a meeting, any one of them that makes sense (you don’t need a whiteboard, confidential quite space etc) to transition from the lunch room, typical cafe downstairs or a booked room and take your brains and creativity out for a walk. Your team and your body will like you all the more for doing so. Do it now. Pick one. Start small - you can do this!If you’d like one of our HR professional speakers to run a session on Health & Wellbeing hacks in the workplace, give us a call or send us an email - we’re here to help. First time discovery calls will be offered free for the first 15 minutes because we believe in forging strong relationships where the focus is less on the ‘hard sell’ negotiation of getting the budget and more on the output of a big win!Be the person that not only contributes to, BUT also creates a great workplace culture!