So, this happens everywhere I've been, but many times, the reasons and who does it are different. Sometimes it helps to look at the classes of interruptions:

So, this happens everywhere I've been, but many times, the reasons and who does it are different. Sometimes it helps to look at the classes of interruptions: 1) Coworkers needing help with their thing (rubber duck, for example) 2) Coworkers needing help with your thing where you are the expert 3) Bosses asking questions about the future etc. Different strategies can be helpful for these things. For long term planning, make a meeting. Say you'll think about all those things and have some great ideas for the meeting. This takes you off the spot, and hopefully will start some recurring thing where you get interrupted less. Coworkers working on things is a bit harder, since you don't want them blocked, but you don't want them interrupting your either. I've done a lot of different things for this: 1) Is it something you can document that you are asked constantly by lots of people? Document it! 2) Is it something you can't document or schedule? Sometimes before getting started on something big, or before lunch, before scrum time, (when I am not in deep work) I will proactively ask some of the people who are likely to need me that day if they need me. Definitely ask and get a feeling at your standup if you have one if you need to help people out. 3) Sometimes I've adjusted my hours, where I will work from home for a few extra hours a day, where I'm harder to interrupt. Turns out if you're not in your office, and it takes a little more effort to bother you, that people might not, or they wait. One of the tricky things to watch out for is when people come to you first after having a problem, rather than trying to solve it on their own. Try to not get in the habit of being the line of first defense. Teach them how to fish.