Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World · chapter 1 · id deep-work-c1-09-shallow-work-email-meetings-is
“Shallow work (email, meetings) is fundamentally non-cognitive and cannot be restructured into deep work.”
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MIT Sloan -- Criticism and Creative Brainstormingsource alive
In cooperative environments, criticism has a positive impact on creative brainstorming. Collaborative interaction is not inherently shallow.
Atlassian -- Meeting Overload Researchsource alive
When companies instituted two no-meeting days per week, 47% reduced meetings by 40% with measurable improvements in autonomy, cooperation, and stress.
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