TED/TEDX TALKS

Rosanne Bane
Why Not Let Your Mind Wander?

Manoush Zomorodi
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Ideas About...

Play,
By Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson
why play is important for innovation & new ideas

Lego Foundation
how play made the modern world

How We Get To NExt
Steven Johnson & Brian Eno: On Play

Ideas About...

Unfocusing,
By Srini PIllay

Without Notes
Unlocking Power of the Unfocused Mind

SRINI PILLAY
Unfocus: The Power Of Your Brain At Rest

The Innovation Show
EP 73: “Focus and Unfocus”, Power your Creativity

Ideas About...

Getting Distracted,
By Josh Davis

Josh Davis
To Become More Focused, Get Distracted

Josh Davis
Chill Out, Daydream, & The Multitasking Myth #270

Podcasts

SRINI PILLAY
Minisode Monday #67 | Dabbling: Not Just for Dilettantes

Ideas About...

Taking A Break,
By Dan Pink

PinkCast
Make Your Breaks Replenishing

Riverhead BOoks
Vigilance HAs Its Limits

Ideas About...

Epiphanies Via Boredom,
By Manoush Zomorodi

Big Think
How Boredom Supercharges Original Thinking

Lewis Howes
How Boredom Leads to Brilliance

Note To Self
Eavesdropping On Epiphany

Clips & INterviews

Stillness Speaks
Jeremy Irons On Zen Practice & Passing Time

Jonah Lehrer
the Surprising Benefits of Daydreaming

Animation

BBC
Why boredom is good for you

The Science of Us
Why Zoning Out Is Good for You

EXTRACTS

SRINI PILLAY
Leaving The Cult Of Focus

Taken from Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Try, by Srini Pillay, M.D.

Extract

Latest

Veritasium
The Scientific benefits Of Boredom

Insight

HBR
Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus

Full Article

Killer Innovations
How Can Boredom Be A Spark For Innovation?

Full Article & Audio

Inc.
Relaxing Makes You More Creative

Full Article

Nature
Why great ideas come when you aren’t trying

Full Article

Scientific American
The Inspiration Paradox: Your Best Creative Time Is Not When You Think

Full Article

Canva
Get Distracted Easily? It Might Just Mean You're More Creative Than the Rest of Us

Full Article

D.I.Y.

Creative Thinking
​How to Get your Subconscious Mind Working on a Problem

full article

Tips

Wochit News
Daydreaming Can Solve Problems

Resistance

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