Count First, Fix Later: How to Measure the Bottleneck With Your Name On It

You're the one everybody runs to. The pilot, the integration, the model doing something strange, the deck for leadership; it all routes to you. Most days, that just feels like being good at your job.

But you've never actually counted it.

This is a podcast-style discussion built around one exercise: for seven days, notice how often work stops and waits for you.

Don't fix anything. Don't change how you work. Just count.

We'll walk through why that number matters, what it's really measuring, and what to do with it once you have it. We'll also pull from two studies worth knowing: Leslie Perlow's nine-month look at an engineering team that couldn't stop interrupting itself, and Gloria Mark's research on how quickly work gets broken up and how long it takes to get back.

What we'll cover:

• The 7-day tally: what to count, and why you don't fix anything yet
• The difference between a busy Tuesday and a pattern
• Why every "quick question" is fair on its own and costly all together
• Bus factor of one: what it means when the work can't move without you
• The two very different problems your number can reveal

No camera needed. Join, listen, and talk with other attendees in the chat.
Come back with your number. The room will know what to do with it.