David Burkus Quotes & Sayings

Time away from work makes work better. — David Burkus

Clearing out your email inbox can make you feel really good - like you're ultra-productive. But unless your job is to delete emails, time spent in your inbox may not be time spent wisely. — David Burkus

These results have some interesting implications for our views on creativity. Regardless of how open-minded people are or claim to be, they experience a subtle bias against creativity in uncertain situations. This isn't merely a preference for the familiar or a desire to maintain the status quo. It's an outright rejection of new, innovative ideas. — David Burkus

Creativity is a team sport. — David Burkus

This is a hard truth for some to accept: that a lack of resources may not be their true constraint, just a lack of resourcefulness. — David Burkus

Creative ideas make people uncomfortable. It turns out that, at least subconsciously, we can have a hard time recognizing ideas as both new and useful at the same time. This cognitive dissonance between creativity and practicality may actually create a subtle bias against creative ideas. — David Burkus

There is also no clothing policy at Netflix, but no one comes to work naked. — David Burkus