Okay quick question - how many of you brainstorm best when your (a) hunched in front of your computer (b) in a room with a whiteboard and markers or someplace quiet like a library with a pad of paper and pencils?
If you answered (b) your taking a low tech approach and that may be a key to doing better and thinking smarter when you need a breakthrough. Jeanne Sessum over at Blogher wrote about this at this link here, and the original article was posted at Working Solo, which you can read here.
The thoughts they share on using low tech to make a breakthrough is worth giving serious consideration too. In fact, when working out this blog, I used *gasp* PAPER and PENCIL to outline:
* layout
* my publishing schedule (YOU have a publishing schedule Becki? uh Huh *cough* a loosely defined one)
* And how I wanted the flow to feel.
And I’m doing the same on my next blog too (ahh if only php and html were that simple!…)
And for stuff that people actually pay me money for (read: work) I use a HUGE white board (the size of a wall actually) to draw and make lines and arrows…because when you sit back and see the big picture you can actually think about the problem at a high and more integrated level. This is very important to solve a host of issues in your job - and in life. Going low tech allows you to see connections and patterns you wouldn’t otherwise. In some ways it actually empowers your brain to think “outside of the box”. That’s something we can all use as jobs get more competitive and creative solutions more needed.
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