Johannes Thomas, CEO of Trivago, keeps his mornings free from meetings to focus on big ideas and enhance productivity. He blocks time in 90-minute to two-hour segments for undivided attention, which fosters deep thinking and flow. Thomas advocates that Trivago employees limit morning meetings to maintain shared flow time. This strategy allows employees, including Thomas, to accomplish significant work by lunch, while structuring afternoons for meetings when cognitive function typically declines. By managing meeting times effectively, productivity can significantly improve in overrun workdays.
Trivago recommends that employees rely on the morning-afternoon split by trying to keep their calendars free from meetings before 11 a.m.
The idea is to create time for "undivided attention" that can lead to high levels of productivity, which is often referred to as "flow."
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