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I'm New Holland, joined by Steve and Lai Ming.
In the age of calendar reminders, pop-up assignments,
and endless micro-rewards, a silent crisis is unfolding.
Our collective capacity for sustained, meaningful work is deteriorating.
Even as productivity tools multiply, people report feeling less productive,
less thoughtful, and less able to immerse themselves in complex tasks.
Today,
we invite you to examine how attention one of the rarest currencies of the digital age is slipping through our fingers and what it means for growth,
creativity, and work efficiency.
You know that weird feeling of being busy all the time but still unsure what you actually accomplished?
Or that moment when you sit down to work and somehow end up browsing before you even realize it.
You are not alone.
More and more people are realizing that the problem isn't effort, it's the loss of deep work.
And that loss is shaping not only how we work, but who we become.
So I have to ask this question to both of you.
Do you ever feel constantly busy but not necessarily productive?
Um, I think we had you guys are above me on the, uh, hierarchical, uh, managerial list.