Steward
Focus Protection
Protecting long stretches of uninterrupted time for work that needs deep attention.
What is Focus Protection?
Protecting long stretches of uninterrupted time for work that needs deep attention.
What you learn
Hard work needs long, uninterrupted blocks. Protect them first.
When it helps
there’s no time to think, or meetings break the day into pieces.
Use it at work
- Find when your team’s hardest work happens.
- Group meetings into a few days or half days.
- Block long periods for focused work, and protect them.
- Agree how urgent issues can reach people during those blocks.
Your output
Look at your team’s calendar. Move meetings to create at least two blocks of three hours or more each week, and protect them.
Watch for
Filling calendars with meetings, leaving only short gaps for the real work.
Related practices
Sources
Enable JavaScript to try the interactive activity.