Social Chemistry Quotes

“Unless you purposefully create spontaneity, your network will likely suffer the same fate as a garden that never experiences crop rotation—productivity will decrease.”
― Marissa King, Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection

“Over the course of a lifetime, 13 percent of people will suffer from clinically diagnosable social anxiety. This makes it the third largest mental health problem. Even if it doesn’t reach clinical levels, almost all of us experience social anxiety at some point.”
― Marissa King, Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection

“While open offices can create a sense of unity and shared purpose, a review article on office design by organizational psychologist Matthew Davis and his colleagues found that employees in open offices were less productive, less creative, and less motivated than workers in offices with a more traditional layout. Working in an open office was also associated with greater stress and unhappiness.”
― Marissa King, Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection