Is the employee who DOODLES at office meetings a goof-off who's neglecting his or her responsibilities? Or is he or she actually exercising something that could be called "Doodle Diligence"? A ...

The next time you’re stuck on a project, stymied by a problem, or just stressed out at work, you might want to break out a pen and paper and start doodling. Research shows those random shapes, lines, ...

Editor’s Note: “Thinking Business” focuses on the psychology of getting ahead in the workplace by exploring techniques to boost employee performance, increase creativity and productivity and encourage ...

To test the impact of making art on the brain, Girija Kaimal, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel, used medical scanning technology to observe blood flow ...

What’s the deal with doodling? If you’re known to scratch and scribble all over your notebooks, you no longer have a reason to be shamed or scolded. Although doodling has commonly been viewed as a ...

At a 2012 United Nations Security Council meeting, Hilary Clinton hunched over her prepared speech, head in hand, writing intently. But she wasn’t taking notes on Syria or buffing up on global ...

A doodle is a wandering thought, uninhibited and untidy. It’s not going to be hung in a museum. Doodlers have various tendencies and preferences and motivations, but all doodlers know the marvellous, ...

A quick glance through any of my high school notebooks will prove that I am a horrible artist, but not for lack of trying. No matter the subject, doodling was something I did often while listening to ...

Writer Kirthi Jayakumar was listening to a rather tiring lecture in law school, when she spaced out and began to scribble in her notebook . Writer Kirthi Jayakumar was listening to a rather tiring ...

Editor’s Note: “Thinking Business” focuses on the psychology of getting ahead in the workplace by exploring techniques to boost employee performance, increase creativity and productivity and encourage ...