Why You Can't Work At Work
By Mark Frauenfelder
Offices are optimized for interruptions and
interruptions are the enemy of work,
creativity, and productivity. That's what
Jason Fried, the co-founder of 37signals
(makers of small business online
collaboration tools), says. As a result,
people who work in offices have to do their
real work at home, during the nights and
weekends.
I agree, for the most part. The best thing
about working at home is that I can shut my
phone off and focus fully on a project for a
couple of hours without interruption. In an
office environment, I have never been able
to work for more than 15 or 20 minutes
without someone breaking my concentration. T
hat said, good things happen in offices,
too. The thing I miss most about working in
an office are those times when good ideas
and decisions are made through informal
meetings. Sometimes, getting people together
in real space is the best way to get
something done.
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