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How to change the balance between Deep versus Shallow work (iii)

August 11, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
When ‘collaboration’ slows down your work 

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Deep Work is not encouraged in the enterprise today (ii)

August 10, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
When ‘collaboration’ slows down your work 
Deep versus Shallow work 

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Deep and Shallow work compete for the skilled worker time (i)

August 9, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

continuing from
When ‘collaboration’ slows down your work
Deep versus Shallow work
 
The problem is that, in the enterprise, the Deep and Shallow work compete for the same r

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Deep versus Shallow work

August 8, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

 continuing from
 When ‘collaboration’ slows down your work
 
In the ‘Want to Create Things That Matter? Be Lazy’, Cal Newport defines the concepts of Deep and Sh

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When ‘collaboration’ slows down your work

August 4, 2017 by Enterprise Architecture Development Matters

Deep work is what produces the things that matter in the world. Shallow work is just a glue.

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