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Don't undervalue the effect of "unproductive" communication. It's usually what drives creativity.

• mstefanko 14y ago
  I agree, there is definitely something to be said for "unproductive" communication. But I would change that to: It can potentially drive creativity. I've been in plenty of office environments where it was far more just a distraction.
• rhizome 14y ago
  Don't overvalue it, either. Some people have innate creativity.
  • ryanpers 14y ago
    if you have innate creativity and you aren't inspiring others, then you are just interchangeable, no?
    • rhizome 14y ago
      No, the talents are orthogonal.
• rudasn 14y ago
  I wouldn't say usually but you are correct. "Unproductive communication" is not always easy to distinguish from a productive one, but most of the time the distinction is clearly obvious.