To foster out- of- the- box thinking, individuals need to venture outside their comfort zone, even for their personal preferences. Creativity, business innovation and ultimately entrepreneurship, will all be boosted with such efforts at friendship and dating. A study was conducted by the MIT Sloan to understand this co- relation, especially among its MBA students. This study clearly found out that those who dated someone from another culture, displayed higher points on creativity. Among foreign students, those who kept in touch with friends from the USA, tended to be more creative when they went back home. This is because of the increased levels of inter- cultural and intra- cultural connect. Companies are also acutely aware of this. This is why several of them are harnessing diversity, in order to spark innovation.

Source:https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/how-going-out-can-spur-outside-box-thinking

Uploaded Date:28 October 2019