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<p>Foreword ix</p> <p>Prologue: You Don’t Have Jack xi</p> <p><b>Section One Nobody’s Working 1</b></p> <p>Chapter 1 The Curse of the Overwhelmed 3</p> <p>Chapter 2 It’s Not Their Fault 7</p> <p>Chapter 3 Tools of Our Tools 11</p> <p><b>Section Two Finding Focus 19</b></p> <p>Chapter 4 The Science of Attention 21</p> <p>Chapter 5 Focus-Wise in the Age of Distraction 33</p> <p>Chapter 6 The Four Elements of Focus 41</p> <p><b>Section Three Focus-Wise Space 47</b></p> <p>Chapter 7 In Praise of Walls 49</p> <p>Chapter 8 Office Space 57</p> <p>Chapter 9 The Vault 67</p> <p><b>Section Four Focus-Wise Technology 75</b></p> <p>Chapter 10 Relationship Status: It’s Complicated 77</p> <p>Chapter 11 Message Undeliverable 83</p> <p>Chapter 12 Free at Last 89</p> <p>Chapter 13 Best Buddy or Big Brother? 97</p> <p><b>Section Five Focus-Wise Communication 105</b></p> <p>Chapter 14 Can You Hear Me Now? 107</p> <p>Chapter 15 Digital Communication: E-mail, Messaging, and Everything in Between 113</p> <p>Chapter 16 Face to Face in a Facebook World 121</p> <p><b>Section Six Focus-Wise Workday 131</b></p> <p>Chapter 17 The Balance Myth 133</p> <p>Chapter 18 Managing the Minutiae 145</p> <p>Chapter 19 Can We Get an Extension? 153</p> <p><b>Section Seven Focus-Wise Leadership 159</b></p> <p>Chapter 20 The First Filter 161</p> <p>Chapter 21 Individual to Institutional 169</p> <p>Chapter 22 Filling the Digital Skill Gaps 177</p> <p>Chapter 23 Competing with Zuckerberg 183</p> <p>Chapter 24 After All, We’re Here to Work 189</p> <p>Chapter 25 The Focus-Wise Leader 195</p> <p>About the Authors 203</p> <p>Acknowledgments 205</p> <p>Notes 209</p> <p>Index 223</p>

<p><b>CURT STEINHORST</b> is a speaker, business owner, entrepreneur, and founder of FocusWise. He equips professionals across the world to work smarter and stronger in this constantly-connected age. Steinhorst is a leading voice on strategic communications in the age of distraction and a certified speaker at the Center for Generational Kinetics. He is also the founder of a communications consultancy called Promentum Group.</p> <p><b>JONATHAN McKEE</b> is an expert on youth culture and Millennials, and the author of over twenty books.

<p>The way we are working isn’t working. We’re distracted by technology. We’re overwhelmed by open offices, siloed by cubicles, or marooned on our “remote” island. We’re expected to be available 24/7, but never more in need of focus. We miss deadlines. We produce poor quality work. And they don’t understand why. How can we get employees’ attention off the myriad temptations and on what’s important for their work?</p> <p><i>Can I Have Your Attention?</i> is written for anyone who knows that they, their employees, or their organizations can be more productive but aren’t sure how to get there. In the book, Curt Steinhorst and Jonathan McKee help leaders rethink every aspect of work with an eye toward our most precious and dwindling resource: attention. They dissect the nature of distraction in our constantly connected workplace, reveal the hidden costs, and outline the strategies and systems needed to address the problem head on. <p> “Focus-wise” is the term used to describe the goal of turning our attention resources into productivity. Written for business leaders in any field, <i>Can I Have Your Attention?</i> discusses the possibilities and limitations of our brain’s ability to focus. The authors explore our love-hate relationship with tech and reveal how it can actually help promote focus. They also include a thoughtful examination of the pros and cons of monitoring your workforce, unpack the shortcomings of digital communication and examines how face-to-face connection can make all the difference for engaging people. They also offer an alternative to the myth of work/life balance, explore issues of delineation and delegation, and offer practical tips for extending focus and capacity. <p><i>Can I Have Your Attention?</i> is filled with research and experience based expertise and a practical approach to the unique demands of today’s workforce. The book includes ideas for training that really work, suggestions for establishing emotional engagement, and a surprising cure for employee boredom. <p> Now you can reverse the distraction paradigm and make the workplace once again a place of productive <i>work</i>.

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