Insights

Lack of focus is one of the biggest post-pandemic issues we are now facing according to Lynda Gratton at London Business School. At NEP we would argue this has always been a problem, and we agree it has definitely been exacerbated during the pandemic.

If you’ve read Part One of this piece, then I must tell you the reason I broke it into two is because I’ve learnt to take my own advice.

If you’ve ever taken our personal pace indicator, what’s your score? Mine’s 99. It came as no shock to me.

It’s ironic that many people are trying to work in a way that makes them more productive, and yet those very actions are actually reducing productivity.

Most people jump in straight to the task at hand. That’s efficiency, that’s not procrastination. That’s good, right? Except, what you are doing is called precrastination. Let me explain.