At Your Desk? Stand Up and You'll Be More Creative
Back when I was first working I had a boss who had a stand-up desk. You'd go into his office and he'd be standing while on the phone or typing on his keypad. When we had meetings, he was standing most of the time. We all thought he was a little crazy. Now a new study proves he was not. (At least, about the standing!). We've recently learned that people who sit too much die younger. But research done by Washington University in Saint Louis has uncovered that standing up during meetings may make your creativity flair. Removing chairs could be a low-cost way to redesign an office space while also tackling the health effects of sitting in one place for too long, and this just adds to mounting evidence that a sedentary lifestyle is bad for people’s health. "Chairs provide great support during long meetings, but they may also be holding us back," says newswise.com. "Standing during meetings boosts the excitement around creative group processes and...