Comments on: Sleep On It http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/09/23/sleep-on-it/ Lidor Wyssocky's Blog on Optimizing Software Development Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Sleep On It by: Timothy Johnson http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/09/23/sleep-on-it/#comment-1930 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:04:18 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/09/23/sleep-on-it/#comment-1930 Brilliant build to my post, Lidor. "Sleeping on it" is always a great idea if (as Tom pointed out) the luxury is there to do so. Great post! Brilliant build to my post, Lidor. “Sleeping on it” is always a great idea if (as Tom pointed out) the luxury is there to do so. Great post!

]]> Comment on Sleep On It by: Tom Harris http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/09/23/sleep-on-it/#comment-1927 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:47:40 +0000 http://blog.qualityaspect.com/2006/09/23/sleep-on-it/#comment-1927 Yes, sleeping on it is always a good idea. I notice, by the way, that you've introduced two additional conditions beyond the main point of your post (sleeping on it to change gears): 1. "proper time to consider the ideas" and 2. "[proper time to] come up with difficult questions." If the only thing the participants are doing at their job is working on the topic which was being brainstormed, then "the next day", at least in the afternoon, might be just enough time to do both. But if, as with most people, they are multi-tasking and have other things to do at work besides the brainstormed topic, they probably need more than 1/2 a work day plus freewheeling off-work thought of one evening (where they might also be busy with family obligations that require their full attention). Yes, sleeping on it is always a good idea.

I notice, by the way, that you’ve introduced two additional conditions beyond the main point of your post (sleeping on it to change gears):

1. “proper time to consider the ideas” and
2. “[proper time to] come up with difficult questions.”

If the only thing the participants are doing at their job is working on the topic which was being brainstormed, then “the next day”, at least in the afternoon, might be just enough time to do both.

But if, as with most people, they are multi-tasking and have other things to do at work besides the brainstormed topic, they probably need more than 1/2 a work day plus freewheeling off-work thought of one evening (where they might also be busy with family obligations that require their full attention).

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