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A comment on Workers, Take Off Your Headphones.
-high switching cost for refocusing after being distracted
-measured by "heads-down" work
-individual deliverables are the primary contribution, secondary is collaboration
-values efficiency
-relies more on individual creativity than collaborated ideas
-prefers to be valued by merit as opposed to political/social leverage
-views headphones as a polite way to signal "I'm working"
Pointy Hair Boss:
-low switching cost for refocusing
-measured by team goals
-primary job is organization & collaboration
-values perception of value over actual value
-relies on others to be productive
-their values are increased from coworker interaction/meetings
-views headphones as a signal for "anti-social luddite who will never advance"
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-high switching cost for refocusing after being distracted
-measured by "heads-down" work
-individual deliverables are the primary contribution, secondary is collaboration
-values efficiency
-relies more on individual creativity than collaborated ideas
-prefers to be valued by merit as opposed to political/social leverage
-views headphones as a polite way to signal "I'm working"
Pointy Hair Boss:
-low switching cost for refocusing
-measured by team goals
-primary job is organization & collaboration
-values perception of value over actual value
-relies on others to be productive
-their values are increased from coworker interaction/meetings
-views headphones as a signal for "anti-social luddite who will never advance"