[brikelly]

This is why things like https://sustainabledev.org/ exist. It’s far too easy to fall into the busyness trap and burn out.

Things managers can do to prevent this include:

- using a pull model of work flow

- enforcing WIP control

- using employee vacations to find bus factor problems (“hey, Brent was OOO for 2 weeks and these things were stuck, let’s fix that…”)

- creating a culture where backpressure to management is strongly encouraged