Why Creativity Isn't As Effective Remotely

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Marketing, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In episode #2380, Eric and Neil share their take on why creativity isn’t as effective remotely. By its nature, remote work means fewer collaborations, spontaneous interactions, and open communication between teammates across any organization. With virtual work changing how (and where) we do our jobs, we believe that it is becoming essential to create new strategies and habits in order to keep the creative sparks flying! Tune in today to hear our thoughts on what this will look like. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:20] Today’s topic: Why Creativity Isn't As Effective Remotely. [00:30] Why Disney is encouraging employees to come back into the office four days a week. [00:56] Neil’s experience of “getting stuff done” in a remote environment. [01:45] How returning to the office will facilitate collaboration. [03:09] Hybrid work models that Neil and Eric are considering. [04:07] The relationships you build in person that you can’t necessarily build over Zoom. [04:53] Why do we believe that Bob Iger is onto something? [05:57] That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe! [06:04] Go to https://marketingschool.io/live to learn more! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Subscribe to our premium podcast (with tons of goodies!): https://www.marketingschool.io/pro Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your
0:14.2	instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
0:18.9	Today we're going to talk about why creativity isn't as effective remotely.
0:24.8	So let me give you some context on this one because Neil and I have been talking about this behind the
0:28.0	scenes, but I read something yesterday where Disney, so Bob Eiger, Disney,
0:33.3	is actually having people come back four days a week
0:36.2	to the office.
0:37.3	And he's basically saying, look, man,
0:38.6	like we're a creative company,
0:40.0	and this is just how we do things.
0:41.4	Like it's impossible to kind of have creativity,
0:44.0	just kind of, you know, in creativity,
0:45.8	it's hard to do remotely at the end of the day.
0:47.4	And I think Neil and I've certainly seen that struggle
0:50.1	in the last couple of years or so.
0:51.6	So we're gonna give our thoughts on this one
0:53.4	and Neil, you can go first.
0:55.8	Yeah, I found that it is harder
0:59.3	to get stuff done in a remote environment
1:01.7	versus everyone being together. We've seen it firsthand. You know, it's also, I don't know if you need everyone back four days a week. It depends on the business year. Disney is fully about creating stories,
1:14.1	and I can see how if everyone is together
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