4 years ago

Among other things, we got to chatting about Steve’s favourite topic, Value Stream Mapping, and how most companies tend to focus on optimizing on the wrong things.

When I was working at my last organization, I remember how baffled Bernard was with, what he regards as, the heavy use of email.

As a developer, when you’re in “the zone”, interruptions are super extra annoying, and it takes a significant amount of time to context switch from answering emails to getting back to your train of thought in your code.

That’s a sign that the meeting you’re in is probably a waste of your time.

Sometimes, you have to get a deliverable out the door, and you don’t have time for the stream of people constantly popping over to your desk unannounced.