The issue isn’t that people aren’t working here hard—it’s that their focus is constantly breaking.
A quick ping, message, or email feels harmless.
Yet every interruption resets mental flow.
Work quality drops.
Stack enough of these, and output quietly collapses.
The best teams don’t add more tools—they eliminate distractions.
Because effort isn’t the bottleneck.
It’s broken attention cycles.
If you’ve ever wondered why smart teams underperform, this explains it.