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How to navigate team dynamics when deep work conflicts with collaboration

Our team has open office space and everyone complains about distractions but when someone puts on headphones or works from home the rest of us feel abandoned and I don't know how to lead us through this without making people choose between productivity and belonging.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very togetherness that makes teams powerful can scatter the attention that makes individuals useful.

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“Where Are You with Deep work and focused time?”

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