Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
by Tom Demarco
Tom Demarco examines the pressures behind burnout, the costs of busywork, and the assumptions built into the pursuit of total efficiency. For readers interested in business, management, productivity, and healthier approaches to work, this book offers a thoughtful framework for reconsidering how time and effort are used.
About This Book
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency examines the challenges suggested by its title: burnout, unnecessary work, and unrealistic expectations of constant efficiency.
Tom Demarco focuses attention on how people and organizations approach work, productivity, and the demands placed on modern workers.
The book offers a perspective for readers interested in improving the way work is structured while questioning whether maximum efficiency is always the right goal.
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