“There's also an advisory board that's very into"--I made air quotes--"'optimal productivity.' Some theory about how productivity increases when workers don't know what their work is going to be each day. Switching from one task to another helps employees adapt and become more nimble? Something like that." "Well, that's completely psychotic," Sailor said, but in an unsurprised way. "Wonder how many members of this illustrious advisory board own sweatshop empires, am I right?” WorkCapitalismTasksWorkersProductivityBoardsWorkingSweatshopsTask Switching Book:The Island of Last Things Source: The Island of Last Things
“So much time is wasted switching from one task to another. By batching repetitive tasks, once wasted time is recovered and can be used for other things. ” TimeTasksManagementEffectiveWastedTask SwitchingBatchingRepetitive TasksSwitching CostsWork Batching Author:Richie Norton