Slack Isn’t Strategy. Focus Is Infrastructure:

Why Deep Work Builds the Best Teams

Apr 22, 2025

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Cal Newport didn’t invent the idea of focus; he reminded the modern world that it’s worth defending.

In Deep Work, Newport defines the ability to concentrate without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks as “a superpower.” As we live our lives in constant noti…

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