Christine Bader on Deep Work

Photo courtesy Linfield University

What are the conditions that set you up for your best deep work?

“I'm teaching, starting to plan a 10th anniversary edition of my book; opining on whatever strikes me as needing opining. What enables me to do that? Kids in school. Breakfast eaten, a nice hot cup of coffee on the desk. Time blocked out in the calendar, knowing that everything else really can wait at least one hour. (But also a Post-It in the corner of the desk to jot anything down that I want to remember for later.)

Bonus: Reading fiction over breakfast before checking any devices (h/t Anne-Marie Slaughter for that one).”

Christine Bader
she/her/hers
Author, The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil
Visiting scholar, Linfield University School of Business in McMinnville, Oregon
Assistant Coach, Valley Panthers Rugby Club
Member of McMinnville's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advisory committee and Diversity in Sustainability's Advisory Panel