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Cal Newport on knowledge work, Part 2: “Slow productivity”

HBS Managing the Future of Work

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The Common Neighbor Denominator

The common denominator of course is what drives productivity. Taylor was obsessed with creating work processes that maximize productivity. Drucker is exactly right that you can't de-skill the actual work that most knowledge workers do. Cal Newport: Having a step by step organizational system like Scrum makes it much easier for me to do that work in my life much happier.

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