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Does Standing Up Improves Creativity And Productivity
A Case For Standing Up While Creating
Standing desks at workplaces are becoming increasingly prevalent. Despite complaints about aching legs and strain on spines, more and more people are choosing them. The pay-off is just not in health benefits but also in productivity.
An average person sits for approximately twelve hours a day. The doctors are warning that sitting is the new smoking.
In the most clicked article on standing desks, Cia Bernales writes that she used to have tight shoulders, lower back pains, and bad posture. Now she is not slouching, walks around the office more, and is more productive.
The advice to make sales calls while standing up has been around for a long time. Now there are calls for stand up meetings and stand up schools.
According to Andrew Knight, Professor at Olin Business School, groups are more creative and collaborative when they work standing up.
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