Mal Fletcher comments on the need to only use digital technologies only insofar as they enhance human potential.



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Recently, the Bank of America conducted a study which revealed that its most productive workers were those who mingled more. This led the bank to refashion its coffee areas, making them more inviting, so that people would leave their desks for coffee.

In a short time, this led to a 10 percent boost in productivity across the company.

Our brains need downtime, where they can assimilate what we're learning and build it into long-term memory. If that doesn't happen, the data we take in won't produce new, innovative ideas for the future.

We should continue to use digital technologies to their full potential, but only insofar as they enhance our human potential. CR

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