How many hour of fully focused time from a knowledge worker do we need for them to pay for themselves? Until we have answered this question, we cannot possibly answer the question of whether employers are getting enough hours.
The linked post seems to implicitly accept that the number of deep-focus hours that employers need from their employees is comparable to the number of hours they are contracted to work. (So, like, most of a 9am to 5pm day for example.)
But I think this is kind of backwards. It is more likely that the number of hours “spent at work” has already been chosen with some knowledge of human behavior, and that the employers are perfectly aware that the number of hours of deep concentration they are buying is a considerably lower number.
How many hour of fully focused time from a knowledge worker do we need for them to pay for themselves? Until we have answered this question, we cannot possibly answer the question of whether employers are getting enough hours.
The linked post seems to implicitly accept that the number of deep-focus hours that employers need from their employees is comparable to the number of hours they are contracted to work. (So, like, most of a 9am to 5pm day for example.)
But I think this is kind of backwards. It is more likely that the number of hours “spent at work” has already been chosen with some knowledge of human behavior, and that the employers are perfectly aware that the number of hours of deep concentration they are buying is a considerably lower number.