In 2019, people packed their laptops, headed home, and locked their doors. The Remote Work Boom began, but there was one problem. Nobody told them how to work, so they relied on what they were already familiar with: Synchronous Work ”Hi, can I ask you a question?”
As a manager, that balance is very hard for me. It's tempting to just put tons of 'Focus Time' blocks, but by being available I'm often able to save a lot of time for my team (and other people in the organization).
I hope more people understand that messaging is asynchronous.
I think I'll try with marking myself as away in Slack more often. The problem is that I still want to optimize for the value of interruptions like you mentioned.
As a manager, that balance is very hard for me. It's tempting to just put tons of 'Focus Time' blocks, but by being available I'm often able to save a lot of time for my team (and other people in the organization).
I hope more people understand that messaging is asynchronous.
I think I'll try with marking myself as away in Slack more often. The problem is that I still want to optimize for the value of interruptions like you mentioned.