Hi Friend!
Back with a few new roles. Hope you have a great start to the week! Here’s what I am musing about this week…

I am following up last newsletters musings with this, I cant stop thinking about this.

“It take 23 minutes to recover from an interruption ”

I read this study this weekend that says, it takes a whopping 23 minutes to recover from a distraction and get back the task you were working on. That is crazy! Go read it.

The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress - Gloria Mark, Daniela Gudith & Ulrich Klocke

“ABSTRACT

We performed an empirical study to investigate whether the context of interruptions makes a difference. We found that context does not make a difference but surprisingly, people completed interrupted tasks in less time with no difference in quality. Our data suggests that people compensate for interruptions by working faster, but this comes at a price: experiencing more stress, higher frustration, time pressure and effort. Individual differences exist in the management of interruptions: personality measures of openness to experience and need for personal structure predict disruption costs of interruptions. We discuss implications for how system design can support interrupted work.”

What this means for you and me - The Designer:

• Flow is gold.
  A design sprint or deep creative session is more than time, it’s a focused rhythm. Interrupt it and you lose more than minutes, you lose clarity.

• Always-on notification culture? Stop it.
  Every ping, pop up, or ping pong Slack thread pulls you out of the zone. Your best work? It comes when you’re in deep, uninterrupted mode.

• Design systems need space.
  When you’re creating the frameworks behind a product, you’re not just designing surfaces, you’re shaping behaviour. That kind of work needs uninterrupted time.

Quick designer friendly action steps:

1. Block the time.
   Create “no interruption” sessions - 2 hours minimum. Let your team know you’re in design mode.

2. Use a ‘reorient buffer’.
   After any interruption, schedule 5, 10 mins to reset: reopen your tools, review your task, recalibrate. Doesn’t eliminate cost, but reduces it.

3. Prioritise your deep work zones.
   Mondays and Tuesdays are your heavy design days. Reserve them for flow,

Ok, now back to the jobs that you came here for 🙂 

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Only got 2 roles that were sent to me, but I want to share cause I think Lovable is onto the next big thing! Get in on the ground floor. Move to Sweden, I hear it almost as nice as Denmark 😉 

1. Product Designer - Stockholm, Sweden.

2. Design Engineer - Stockholm, Sweden.

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Love,
Sid.

Who am I?
I am a Design Director at The LEGO Group and live in Denamrk. I love it when you write to me. Especially if you have job tips or if you have read one of my little pieces and have another topic idea!

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