My point is about supervision. If an engineer making a quarter mill needs somebody over their shoulder to produce, that’s the core issue. If during an afternoo

My point is about supervision. If an engineer making a quarter mill needs somebody over their shoulder to produce, that’s the core issue. If during an afternoon where they have to wait for somebody else, I’d rather they go for a casual walk and think through a hard issue slowly and carefully than sit at a desk artificially, writing dumb emails to keep up the charade they are “busy”. (Of course the person they are waiting on now has to read said emails instead of finishing their task - busy work is net drag on everyone.) For jobs that require thought we do very little to provide space for reflection, and imho that’s dumb.