How Smartphones are Killing Creativity: The Link Between Boredom and Curiosity
Our deep digital immersion has eroded our ability to ever get bored. Without boredom we don't develop creative problem solving or a sense of curiosity for the world around us. Most of us bring our smartphone to use the toilet, uncomfortable within 60 seconds in our own minds.
Discover why Harry Potter would not exist without boredom, why next generation employees may be less creative and curious, and why we need to encourage default/rest state in our brains by disengaging from our immersive and all-encompassing technology.
Now widely known as the ‘King of Customer Experience’, Ken Hughes is considered one of the World’s top speakers on consumer behaviour and values, organizational change, the customer and employee experience, leadership, agility, creativity and innovation. He blends his expertise in consumer and cyber psychology, behavioural economics, motivation theory and social anthropology to explore the needs of modern consumerism, leadership and the world of work and predict the changes to come.
You can learn more about Ken Hughes and book any of his keynotes and workshops here: www.kenhughes.com