Maintaining Innovation in Isolation

With traditional office-based work culture rapidly becoming a distant memory, I will be joining Pete May of Universal Music and Emma Richardson of Handle Recruitment to explore how we can harness different personality types & neurodiversity to stimulate creativity.

If you are able to spend a few minutes answering the following questions it will really help support our conversation.

Many thanks in advance
Lucy

Lucy Cleveley
Business Psychologist

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* 1. I would describe myself as an (I have shared a definition of extroversion and Introversion here):

Extrovert

Introvert

Unsure

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Pre-lockdown, I was based:

primarily in the office

primarily at home

half my time in the office, half working from home

Other (please specify)

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* 3. During lockdown I was working:

primarily in the office

primarily at home

half my time in the office, half working from home

Other (please specify)

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* 4. For the remainder of 2020 I expect to be working:

primarily in the office

primarily at home

half my time in the office, half working from home

I don’t know yet

Other (please specify)

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* 5. I find working in isolation:

Awful. I hate working on my own

Not too bad. I quite like working on my own

Pretty good. I focus well when I’m working alone

Brilliant. I love working alone

Other (please specify)

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* 6. I feel at my most creative when:

I am working alone, in a quiet space and can focus solely on what I am doing.

I can chat to other people, bouncing ideas around before I commit to them.

I am working alone but with other people around me if I need their opinion.

Other – please give details.

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* 7. What have been the biggest creative challenges of working in isolation (order of importance – numbers 1- 4):

Not being able to share / generate ideas with other people easily.
Not being able to switch off from home life to focus on work.
Not being able to switch off from work to percolate ideas.
Being distracted by the demand for online meetings

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* 8. What have been some of the benefits of lockdown / working in isolation to the creative process (order of importance 1-4):

less distraction (e.g. meetings, desk chat hijacks), more time to focus.
more focused meetings and more opportunity to contribute.
no commute – more time to work.
more flexibility of working hours.

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* 9. How did you adapt the way you worked to stay creative during lockdown / working in isolation?

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* 10. What adaptations have worked that you will try / would like to keep doing?

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* 11. In what ways could your employer support you to maintain these changes?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If you are happy to answer a few further questions it will really help support our discussion. (optional)

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* 12. Do you identify as:

male

female

prefer not to say

prefer to self describe as

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* 13. What is your job title:

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* 14. How would you describe your current situation?

‘Business as usual’

Working reduced hours

On Furlough

Looking for new opportunities

Not employed and not looking

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* 15. Would you describe yourself as:

an employee (full-time)

an employee (part-time)

a worker (someone who works on a casual basis or is an agency temp)

self-employed (a freelancer or contractor)

Other (please specify)