Workplace Wellbeing: Looking beyond boredom at work 

It's generally regarded as a negative emotion yet when our brain has nothing to do, it can rest and consolidate its learning and generate out-of-the-box insights 

Shot of a young businesswoman throwing paper planes while sitting at her desk

MANY of us actively avoid boredom. We fill our days with things to do and even schedule activities for our downtime. But what if being constantly busy and productive is a mistake? What if we’ve got boredom wrong?

Dr Sandi Mann, a psychology lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and author of The Science of Boredom: The Upside (and Downside) of Downtime, argues that it’s time to reassess our understanding of this much-maligned emotion,