One of the best parts of BigSpeak EVP and negotiation speaker Ken Sterling’s career is the wide variety of subject matter experts and trailblazers he gets to rub elbows with. From titans of industry to agile start-up operators and animation industry creatives, his professional and personal relationships have given him unique insight into how individuals at the top of their game in several industries operate.

In his recent article for Inc, Sterling offers a peek into Pixar veteran Matthew Luhn‘s method for giving the creative part of your brain a little kick. Luhn has had a hand in some of Pixar and Disney’s most iconic properties, acting as first an animator and then storyteller on the Toy Story series, then working on Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, and Cars, among others. In a recent conversation with Sterling, he shared his go-to trick for jumpstarting inspiration: remove yourself from your workplace.

When hitting a wall while scripting Cars, the Pixar writing was sent on a roadtrip, both for the purpose of researching the film’s setting and getting them out of their rut. This technique is remarkably similar to those employed by other great thinkers, including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, who would take “think weeks” that saw them isolating themselves in hotel rooms to ideate and take notes. Steve Jobs’ method was slightly more sustainable, as he favored walking meetings in which thorny issues were discussed on the go and outdoors. A Stanford research study has even shown that walking can boost creative thinking by about 60% on average, lending real credence to the power of a change of scene.

When met with a mental block, don’t dig in, and ditch the desk for the stimuli of the outside world.