The HN discussion of the book in question:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18128063" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18128063</a>
"Another criticism of corporate culture levelled by the book is that offices have become interruption factories. People are working longer and later because they cannot get stuff done at the office any more. At a conference attended by 600 people, the authors asked how many had recently enjoyed 3-4 hours of uninterrupted work; only 30 hands went up."<p>That's my main complaint all the time and somehow managers just shrug it off as if there is nothing that can be done. Interruptions plus constant noise make real focused work almost impossible for me.
Sometimes I have fantasies of modifying my headphones with two small flags.<p>A green flag means it's safe to approach me for a code question/office banter/TPS sheet.<p>A red flag means do not disturb