Right - I'm not saying that all interruptions are bad. But I do think unbounded interruptions is very likely to incur more cost than it's worth. Something is o

Right - I'm not saying that all interruptions are bad. But I do think unbounded interruptions is very likely to incur more cost than it's worth. Something is on fire and you need my help now, so definitely interrupt. But on the other hand, is it possible to create a culture where you email/Slack first for something unimportant, and tap on shoulders only if unacknowledged for some time? Or as in the Paul Graham "schedules" essay [1], try to chunk face-to-face questions into clear blocks of office hours? I think the face-to-face case is important because it's much harder to "set your status to do-not-disturb" in the physical world. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html