If we’re all so busy, why is so little getting done? That’s what McKinsey & Company have been asking for a while now. Their answer matches ours: because we’re letting in too much noise.
Being constantly available is the new normal in the hybrid workplace: a brief chat on Microsoft Teams here, a quick ping there while frantically preparing for the next virtual meet that starts in 5 minutes. That is the modus operandi in offices across Europe and the Middle East that we’ve been observing. But being constantly on demand is like being a barista who spends all day taking orders, rather than preparing the actual coffee. Taking orders is only a means to an end.
So, make some coffee! Or chai, or anything else for that matter. But get off your communication channel and get your own priorities done – rather than everyone else’s…