Maintaining Innovation in Isolation With traditional office-based work culture rapidly becoming a distant memory, I will be joining Pete May of Universal Music and Emma Richardson of Handle Recruitment to explore how we can harness different personality types & neurodiversity to stimulate creativity. If you are able to spend a few minutes answering the following questions it will really help support our conversation. Many thanks in advance LucyLucy Cleveley Business Psychologist Question Title * 1. I would describe myself as an (I have shared a definition of extroversion and Introversion here): Extrovert Introvert Unsure Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Pre-lockdown, I was based: primarily in the office primarily at home half my time in the office, half working from home Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. During lockdown I was working: primarily in the office primarily at home half my time in the office, half working from home Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. For the remainder of 2020 I expect to be working: primarily in the office primarily at home half my time in the office, half working from home I don’t know yet Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. I find working in isolation: Awful. I hate working on my own Not too bad. I quite like working on my own Pretty good. I focus well when I’m working alone Brilliant. I love working alone Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. I feel at my most creative when: I am working alone, in a quiet space and can focus solely on what I am doing. I can chat to other people, bouncing ideas around before I commit to them. I am working alone but with other people around me if I need their opinion. Other – please give details. Question Title * 7. What have been the biggest creative challenges of working in isolation (order of importance – numbers 1- 4): Question Title * 8. What have been some of the benefits of lockdown / working in isolation to the creative process (order of importance 1-4): Question Title * 9. How did you adapt the way you worked to stay creative during lockdown / working in isolation? Question Title * 10. What adaptations have worked that you will try / would like to keep doing? Question Title * 11. In what ways could your employer support you to maintain these changes? Thank you for sharing your thoughts. If you are happy to answer a few further questions it will really help support our discussion. (optional) Question Title * 12. Do you identify as: male female prefer not to say prefer to self describe as Question Title * 13. What is your job title: Question Title * 14. How would you describe your current situation? ‘Business as usual’ Working reduced hours On Furlough Looking for new opportunities Not employed and not looking Question Title * 15. Would you describe yourself as: an employee (full-time) an employee (part-time) a worker (someone who works on a casual basis or is an agency temp) self-employed (a freelancer or contractor) Other (please specify) Done
