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EPISODE · Nov 9, 2022 · 38 MIN

Cal Newport on knowledge work, Part 1: The concentration deficit

from HBS Managing the Future of Work · host Harvard Business School

Computer scientist, author, and New Yorker writer Cal Newport argues that the way we organize cognitive work ignores basic neuroscience. Also: how the pandemic deepened the digital communications morass; how autonomy without structure is bad for knowledge workers; native-remote businesses; the sociological and real estate implications of remote work; the 4-day work week; and what we can learn from software developers.

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