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# Do Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It
- URL: https://werd.io/do-chance-meetings-at-the-office-boost-innovation-theres-no/
- Published: 2021-06-23T15:31:19.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-23T15:31:19.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Remote work, though, can enable ideas to bubble up from people with different backgrounds. Online, people who are not comfortable speaking up in an in-person meeting may feel more able to weigh in. Brainstorming sessions using apps like Slack can surface many more perspectives by including people who wouldn’t have been invited to a meeting, like interns or employees in other departments.”

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/upshot/remote-work-innovation-office.html#click=https://t.co/mr5nUFdv1O)\]