Skills For Future Facing Teams: How to maximise your ability to deep work in a world of distraction

Producing work that delivers exceptional value and which is hard for others to replicate requires lawyers and other professionals to solve complex problems. Professionals therefore require significant periods of time for ‘deep work’ – activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push their cognitive capabilities to their limit.

Creating the optimal conditions for deep work helps organisations to preserve their competitiveness in a world increasingly characterised by automation and the commoditisation of knowledge. However, many professionals find themselves in working environments that prioritise rapid communication, leading to fragmented attention and an erosion of value.

In this session, with organisational psychologist Edward Walker, we explore:

• The key barriers to deep work
• Strategies to integrate deep work into your schedule
• Hints and tips on how to improve your ability to focus and resist distraction (including use of social media).