According to the "Rework" author, thanks to modern offices, we're constantly getting distracted by our boss checking in on us, pointless meetings, or coworkers with urgent requests.
"You don't have a work day anymore," Fried says in his talk. "You have work moments. It's like the front door of the office is like a Cuisinart, and you walk in and your day is shredded to bits, because you have 15 minutes here, 30 minutes there."
One of his proposed solutions goes against common convention, but Fried says implementing half-days (or more) of complete silence will help employees work uninterupted for longer periods of time.
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