Doodling at Work

Main Aspects

• We know that doodling encounters a lot of resistance in the business environment, but there are some studies that suggest that it has a profound impact on the way we can process information and the way that we can figure out solutions.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsIntroduction

• A doodle is an unfocused or unconscious drawing made while a person's attention is busy.

• Doodles are simple drawings.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsDefinition

• The word first appeared in the 17th century, a doodle was a fool, as in Yankee Doodle.

• In the 18th century, it became a verb, and it meant to make fun of someone.

• In the 19th century, it was a corrupt politician.

• And today, we have what is perhaps our most offensive definition, it means to do nothing.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsHistorical facts

• Many examples of doodling are found in school notebooks.

• Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsExamples

• Popular kinds of doodles include cartoon versions of teachers or classmates, famous TV or comic characters, landscapes, geometric shapes and patterns, textures, banners, etc.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsPopular examples of doodles

• Many American Presidents and people have been known to doodle during meetings: – Thomas Jefferson, Ronald Reagan

and Bill Clinton.– Samuel Beckett and Sylvia Plath.– Mathematician Stanislaw Ulam

developed the Ulam spiral for visualization of prime numbers while doodling during a boring presentation at a mathematics conference.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsNotable doodlers

• According to a study, doodling can aid a person's memory by expending just enough energy to keep one from daydreaming, which demands a lot of the brain's processing power, as well as from not paying attention.

• Thus, it acts as a mediator between the spectrum of thinking too much or thinking too little and helps focus on the current situation.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsBenefits

• Doodling is a strategy to make spontaneous marks to help yourself think.

• When people doodle they retain more information than their non-doodling counterparts.

• We wrongly think doodling is something we do when we lose focus, but in reality, it is a way to stop us from losing focus.

• Additionally, it has a profound effect on creative problem-solving and deep information processing.

Doodling at Work – Main AspectsConclusion

• The following are referenced in this presentation:

– Sunni Brown www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown.html

– John Cloud www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1882127,00.html

– Jeremy Dean www.spring.org.uk/making-habits-breaking-habits

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