Introduction: Why Fixing Processes Before Tools Unlocks Real Automation ROI I learned the hard way that buying more software doesn’t fix broken work. Early in my career, we automated a clunky handoff ...
Introduction: Tackling Slack Interruptions with Kanban’s Interrupt Lane I’ve watched well-planned sprints crumble under a steady drizzle of Slack pings. Each message felt urgent, so we dropped everyth...
Introduction: Harnessing Kanban to Tame Interruptions and Invisible Work I’ve led teams where Slack pings never stopped and “quick asks” quietly consumed half the week. The turning point came when we ...
Introduction: Revealing the Hidden Cost of Slack Interruptions with Kanban I used to shrug off Slack pings as the cost of being helpful—until I started tracking how often they snapped my attention. Th...
Introduction: Harnessing Kanban to Manage Interruptions and Hidden Work After too many weeks where Slack pings melted my plans, I learned the hard way that interrupts aren’t noise—they’re unplanned de...
Introduction: Making Invisible Work Visible with Kanban and Slack I used to end most days certain I’d been busy—yet our roadmap barely moved. Slack would pop, I’d jump, we’d “just help for a minute,” ...
Introduction: Why Invisible Work Is Sabotaging Your Team’s Focus I learned the hard way that our biggest drag wasn’t skill—it was the work we couldn’t see. A week that looked calm on the roadmap would...
Introduction: Unlocking Focus by Capturing Slack Interruptions with Kanban I used to treat every Slack ping like a harmless favor—tap the notification, drop a quick reply, jump back into deep work. Ex...
Introduction: Navigating the Daily Storm of Slack Interruptions At 9:12 a.m., three Slack pings and my plan evaporated. The culprit wasn’t the chat app—it was the invisible queue of ad‑hoc requests pi...
Introduction: Unlocking Clarity in a Sea of Interruptions I’ve led teams where the roadmap looked pristine on paper—and still slipped week after week. It wasn’t bad planning; it was invisible work. Sl...