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Cal Newport talks about a similar concept - that work is assigned through a push system rather than a pull system. When workers are completely overwhelmed, they
by philip1209 3y ago
Cal Newport talks about a similar concept - that work is assigned through a push system rather than a pull system. When workers are completely overwhelmed, they deny push requests - like "can you have this done by tomorrow". But, Cal hypothesizes that we set our "completely overwhelmed" threshold too high - resulting in us accepting pushes of additional work. He recommends lowering that threshold further (and, ideally, switching to pull-based work systems).
- leobg 3y agoShould make this into a podcast episode for parents. “No mode”. Kinda went extinct for a decade. But maybe it’ll be rediscovered.
- buffet_overflow 3y agoThe analogy I used back when I managed a team was that our workload was like a funnel. You need some amount of overhead to balance the pressure and keep things flowing. If you put too much in the funnel, things backup and spill. It's faster to leave that little gap than it is to try to use the absolute maximum volume.