Cal Newport‘s new book lays out the problems with the way workplaces create what he calls a hyperactive hive mind — rapidly communicating, responding and sharing information. This way of working ...

Just a few decades ago, professional communication was—to modern sensibilities—comically clunky. You could play phone tag all day. Grimy interoffice memo folders fell apart with constant use. Email ...

When I told colleagues that I was reading Cal Newport’s new book, A World Without Email, the responses were pretty much universal: “Captain Obvious.” “Now that’s original.” (Said sarcastically.) “Not ...

Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University, has written many best-selling books about how to study and work smarter. His book Deep Work is about avoiding distractions, and ...

Cal Newport is tired of the technological inundation that comes with the modern working world. To him, a deluge of Slack notifications, emails, meeting alerts, text messages—all of the things that ...