[chilldsgn]

I've been reading Cal Newport's stuff on Deep Work and Digital Minimalism and have some of his other books on my to read list. Considering the stuff he talks about and his new book on slow productivity, this move seems like a really bad idea. I'm curious to see the outcome of this.

I've adopted a more deliberate, focused work day and already seeing some improvements in my work quality, energy, and creativity.

[sandspar]

Cal Newport has his theories, Samsung executives have theirs. Samsung executives' theories about how to run Samsung are more valuable than Cal Newport's because they know Samsung better than he does.

[Ma8ee]

That’s such a weird take. It’s like saying that I know more about repairing my car than the mechanic because I drive it every day. That the executives of Samsung run the company doesn’t mean that they are experts in how the brains of their employees work.

[sandspar]

Cal Newport is a self help author. He's not comparable to a mechanic. Samsung executives are working there. They are mechanics.

[Ma8ee]

Are taxi drivers mechanics because they work in and with their cars all day?

And while it’s not inaccurate to call Newport a self help author, he has studied, thought, and written about the subject for many years.

[koonsolo]

Cal Newport is very much into doing mentally demanding work, which arguably cannot be sustained for a huge amount of time.

Managers... well... sitting and talking in meetings, that you can do call day. So yeah, plan some extra meetings in the weekend, no problem.

If that will help things will be another question.

[chilldsgn]

It's why I said I am curious to see the outcome of this. Will it help the company or damage it? We'll see.