Productivity · 20 min
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
By Tom DeMarco
We're conditioned to optimize every moment, yet this relentless pursuit of efficiency often leads to burnout and fragility. This episode explores the counterintuitive truth: 'slack' – unallocated capacity and deliberate idleness – is not a waste, but the essential ingredient for resilience, innovation, and sustainable productivity.
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Productivity
Duration
20 min
What it is about
slack, efficiency, burnout
Who it is for
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of slack, efficiency, burnout and better judgment in how they apply it.
The author
Tom DeMarco brings a credible and useful lens to slack, efficiency, burnout, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.
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