Wendy, I agree 100% that today’s workplace is not at all optimized for any depth and meaningful work and is instead just putting out small fires and being reactive all the time. I really like Cal Newport’s quote from Deep Work:

“Busyness as a proxy for productivity: In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many knowledge workers turn back toward an industrial indicator of productivity: doing a lots of stuff in a visible manner.”

I think a lot of it is up to us, but it is an uphill battle, that’s for sure.

Since you are interested in this topic, I thought that it is a fantastic coincidence that I am right now leading Deep Work Challenge in the Mighty Networks Group for The Unmistakable Creative Podcast Listeners. It is completely free and we will have many of these challenges in the future. Below is a link with an overview. Take a look and let me know if this would be something you would enjoy and I can add you in.

https://the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.mn.co/posts/the-month-of-deep-work-overview

Thank you again and I appreciate your comments and a great exchange of thoughts.