Dr. Andrew Newberg

That's a little bit messier of an answer on that one because there's multiple components of this. There's the getting the right idea, the best idea, and there's also getting everyone on board. So the way you get everyone on board is to give everyone a voice. Getting the best idea, it's possible you may be biased by one person or another who's pushing their own idea there.

So ideally, you're setting norms in a meeting to make it such that everyone's voice is heard, everyone's vote is being considered equally in those situations. And you have a structure such that you don't have one person just talking.

So ideally, you're setting norms in a meeting to make it such that everyone's voice is heard, everyone's vote is being considered equally in those situations. And you have a structure such that you don't have one person just talking.

So ideally, you're setting norms in a meeting to make it such that everyone's voice is heard, everyone's vote is being considered equally in those situations. And you have a structure such that you don't have one person just talking.

Which is good advice I recommend in the book otherwise about structuring meetings is to do it strategically so that you don't have a video call that drags on for two hours for what should have been a 15 minute decision in the process.

Which is good advice I recommend in the book otherwise about structuring meetings is to do it strategically so that you don't have a video call that drags on for two hours for what should have been a 15 minute decision in the process.

Which is good advice I recommend in the book otherwise about structuring meetings is to do it strategically so that you don't have a video call that drags on for two hours for what should have been a 15 minute decision in the process.

So it's about not just choosing the right mode, but making sure once you're in that mode, taking a strategic approach to make sure that you achieve your goals actually that you're aiming for in those situations.

So it's about not just choosing the right mode, but making sure once you're in that mode, taking a strategic approach to make sure that you achieve your goals actually that you're aiming for in those situations.

So it's about not just choosing the right mode, but making sure once you're in that mode, taking a strategic approach to make sure that you achieve your goals actually that you're aiming for in those situations.

You made a lot of great points about attention. One of the ones I'd like to add about virtual communication is it's not just also about focus and losing focus. There's some research to suggest that for each email you send, it can take you about a minute to get back in the zone of work.

You made a lot of great points about attention. One of the ones I'd like to add about virtual communication is it's not just also about focus and losing focus. There's some research to suggest that for each email you send, it can take you about a minute to get back in the zone of work.

You made a lot of great points about attention. One of the ones I'd like to add about virtual communication is it's not just also about focus and losing focus. There's some research to suggest that for each email you send, it can take you about a minute to get back in the zone of work.

And now I know it doesn't sound like much to say, well, it just takes you a minute to get back from email to work. But if you're like many people and you've got hundreds of emails and instant messages or Slack messages each week, that means you have potentially hours you're spending just going from, okay, I sent an email. Now let me refocus on my task.

And now I know it doesn't sound like much to say, well, it just takes you a minute to get back from email to work. But if you're like many people and you've got hundreds of emails and instant messages or Slack messages each week, that means you have potentially hours you're spending just going from, okay, I sent an email. Now let me refocus on my task.

And now I know it doesn't sound like much to say, well, it just takes you a minute to get back from email to work. But if you're like many people and you've got hundreds of emails and instant messages or Slack messages each week, that means you have potentially hours you're spending just going from, okay, I sent an email. Now let me refocus on my task.

Those 60 seconds each time add up pretty quickly. So the recommendation that I have from my book is that you should engage in communication chunking. So there's two extremes that people often talk about when it comes to communication. It's the, I do email an instant message once at the beginning of the day, and then I don't look at it anymore. And then the other approach is,

Those 60 seconds each time add up pretty quickly. So the recommendation that I have from my book is that you should engage in communication chunking. So there's two extremes that people often talk about when it comes to communication. It's the, I do email an instant message once at the beginning of the day, and then I don't look at it anymore. And then the other approach is,

Those 60 seconds each time add up pretty quickly. So the recommendation that I have from my book is that you should engage in communication chunking. So there's two extremes that people often talk about when it comes to communication. It's the, I do email an instant message once at the beginning of the day, and then I don't look at it anymore. And then the other approach is,

People who basically check their smartphones all day long to see what's coming in. And both those extremes have problems. Those who are constantly checking tend to have worse focus, which can be really important for a lot of work. And they're spending more time just going back and forth between things and recovering.