Cal Newport on Slow Productivity, Whether Elon Musk Can Fix Twitter, and Meta's Struggles
Elevate with Robert Glazer
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The Power Dynamic of Task Assignment
There's another power dynamic I've noticed in this problem. And that is subordinate tend to operate on a last in first out basis. They just assume because you ask them something that it's the most important thing. Here's all the things that need to be done. It's not just on your plate. Like, let me just look. Everything should just exist on people's individual plates. But we're comfortable right now with this ad hoc, lowest common denominator way of working.
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