One thing. Then the next.
For attention-demanding work, people don't really multitask. They switch quickly, and pay for every switch. Single-tasking is a skill teams can design for.
One now
A Personal WIP Limit
- One active task
- Everything else is queued
- Visible on the board
Park the rest
Capture, Don't Carry
- A quick-capture list
- Ideas out of your head
- Review at natural breaks
Checkpoint
Leave A Note When You Switch
- “Where I am”
- “Next step is…”
- Makes coming back cheap
One thing. Then the next.