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Video summary:

Jason Fried is one of the co-founders of the software as a service company 37 Signals and gives a good pep talk in this video that is sure to resonate with anyone that works in a typical office with more than a handful of employees in it.

He believes the modern workplace is “optimized for interruptions and interruptions are the enemy of work.” Work is like sleep in that we can’t immediately fall asleep and we can’t immediately get work done. There is a period of ramp up time before real work starts but there are so many distractions in the office that it makes it nearly impossible to stay in the flow of doing real work.

Jason plugs a few of 37 Signals software tools such as Campfire which allow employees to work with each other and communicate in an efficient manner without interrupting each others work flow. He also gives a few good jabs at managers who make a job out of interrupting the employees rather than just letting them work.

http://hnsummary.com/2010/03/29/why-you-cant-work-at-work/