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Journal Article
Kets de Vries M. F. R. (2015). Doing Nothing and Nothing to Do: The Hidden Value of Empty Time and Boredom Organizational Dynamics, 44(3), (pp169-175).
In this article, the author suggests that doing nothing and being bored can be invaluable to the creative process. In the present networked society, introspection and reflection have become lost arts. Instead, we are at risk of becoming victims of informational overload. The balance between activity and inactivity has become seriously out of sync.