Maude Lemaire at StaffPlus London 2023
summary
A claim that context switching is really about periods of anticipated interruption leads to three concrete tactics: control the environment (pink or brown noise, phone on Do Not Disturb, scheduled stretches), choose only non-promotable tasks (KTLO, upgrade dependencies, small backlog fixes) during an on‑call rotation (example: escalation runs Wednesday midday to the next Wednesday midday), and accept lower output for that window so overall impact rises rather than chasing deep work.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:02Context switching and on-call
- 3:30Psychological impact of interruptions
- 5:16Controlling your environment
- 7:23Choosing tasks during interruptions
- 9:29Non-promotable tasks focus
- 10:51Personal backlog of small tasks
- 11:12Reduced productivity and wrap-up
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