We go too deep into dashboards and data because we want to be informed. We overtweak a presentation because we want to be excellent. We mindlessly accept a meeting invite because we are driven.
Despite being positive and helpful to us in their basic nature, these forces are also the biggest reason white space withers.” When taken to extremes, they reduce our effectiveness. “Four key drivers propel companies, teams, and human beings at work: Drive, Excellence, Information, and Activity. What keeps us from doing this are the Thieves of Time. It’s used specifically to pry apart actions or events that without it would have been connected.” “The Wedge is a small portion of white space inserted between two activities. When you can’t take long stretched of pen thinking time, Funt uses what she calls the Wedge.
Juliet Funt writes in A Minute to Think, “without space, we can’t sustain ourselves.” It is the missing element in our lives, and we need to get it back.įunt suggests that first, we need to take strategic pauses to recuperate, reduce, reflect, and construct. We need it for better relationships, mental health, and better productivity. WE ALL NEED white space – open, unassigned time.
