06.11.2019How intentional forgetting makes us more productive.

Prof. Dr. Annette Kluge, Lehrstuhl Arbeits-, Organisations- & Wirtschaftspsychologie, Fakultät für Psychologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Routines – for example, in the manufacturing of devices – help us to work effectively. But what happens when a work process changes and the learned routine no longer leads to the desired result? This question is dealt with by a research group of the priority program “Intentional Forgetting in Organizations” at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. They examine how relearning works in a working context and how best to forget about previous ways of working. The lecture should also illuminate and under what circumstances wilful forgetting succeeds best.