Co-Worker Support Drives Employee Creativity

Co-worker support is something we all appreciate at work. Discover how a new study reveals that it also boosts our creativity by improving our home life.

Now that I no longer have a real job, I have a different perspective on the various places I worked during my 35-year career in business. One of the things that strikes me is the difference I experienced between the many teams to which I belonged.

At one point in my working life, I was part of a remarkably supportive and creative team that was virtually inseparable. Our group was not only productive, but highly resourceful and creative, which seemed to make us all happier, not only at work but at home.

At another stage, which didn’t last long, the team to which I belonged hardly knew one another. Nobody ever collaborated or sought advice from their colleagues, and I had no more idea than a goat about their private lives.

No More Idea Than a Goat About Their Private Lives

That team plodded along aimlessly, accomplishing just enough to get by. None of them seemed to want to be there, and most of them aren’t there now, including the boss.