LibraryScenariosWhen teams can't choose between responsiveness and deep work
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When teams can't choose between responsiveness and deep work

Our team has back-to-back meetings all day and everyone complains about not having time to think but when someone suggests blocking focus time everyone panics about being unavailable and responsive. We're stuck between depth and immediacy and no one wants to be the first to step back.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group is trapped between competing values of availability and sustained attention.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attention and its relationship to time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.