Cal Newport

A World Without Email

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From New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport comes a bold vision for liberating workers from the tyranny of the inbox—and unleashing a new era of productivity.
Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back-and-forth digital conversations—a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform substantive work. There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the “hyperactive hive mind” workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth. Equally worrisome, it makes us miserable. Humans are simply not wired for constant digital communication.
We have become so used to an inbox-driven workday that it's hard to imagine alternatives. But they do exist. Drawing on years…
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  • Александр Скворцовhas quoted2 years ago
    Making Individual Work Automatic
  • Александр Скворцовhas quoted2 years ago
    Partitioning: Split the process into a series of well-defined phases that follow one after the other. For each phase, clearly specify what work must be accomplished and who is responsible.

    Signaling: Put in place a signaling or notification system that tracks the current phase of each output being generated by the process,
  • Александр Скворцовhas quoted2 years ago
    those involved to know when it’s their turn to take over the work.

    Channeling: Institute clear channels for delivering the relevant resources and information from one phase to the next (such as files in shared directories).
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