In Defense of Slack
Slack. "Extra". The root of "Slacker". In project management, it's the "non-productive" time between tasks (like waiting for cement to dry). But I'm here to talk about it in a more general, universal sense. Forget the bad reputation it's forged and step back with me for a few minutes. In this world, where we rush from one objective to the next, pack out time with meetings, slam email, phone calls and paperwork in between that, we find ourselves neglecting much in the name or productivity. Has any of these things happened to you?; Forgotten to eat? Gotten to appointments 3 minutes late because the last meeting you were in ran right up to the last minutes. In those last minutes explaining to your phone call that you had to leave the room and subsequently the conversation was over? Realized that you have held your need to go to the restroom over multiple meetings? The list can go on and on. This is because there is no slack in your...