Have you ever wondered why work gets boring at times? Have you 
thought about how your own brain invokes ordinary routines and familiar practices…? Routines such as stacking papers in a certain place… or responding to emails as they come in … without consciously paying attention…. Lodge patterns the brain’s neural circuits which tend to form long-standing habits that can growing boring and tedious.
These routine patterns are filed in long term memory and … let’s face it… they requires much less energy to use than a person’s constantly changing working memory does….
This storage place, sometimes called the basal ganglia tends to operate exceedingly well without much thought … which makes it ideal for handling daily routine activities. Change practices… on the other hand… take working memory … which tends to tires easily and hangs onto only a limited amount of information at any one time.
Can you see why change often leads to feelings that many people find uncomfortable…? Can you see why people and organizations tend to avoid creative changes…?
Great post, Ellen. Funny thing is I think you just explained why my car seemed to drive itself to my office (back when I worked in an office!).
Posted by: ann michael | June 9, 2006 5:07 PM | Permalink to Comment