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Want to boost creativity? Then share your shame

Ever conducted a team meeting with spinach stuck prominently on your teeth? Walked around the office with a tear or suspicious stain on your clothes and you didn’t know about it until the end of the day when someone mentions it in passing? Or mistakenly thought you’d hang up on your boss and bad-mouthed him to your colleagues only to realise he’s still on the call?

New research has shown that if you want to boost your team’s creativity, you should consider sharing these and other embarrassing situations in company meetings.

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