Popular comp-sci essayist and lisp hacker extraordinaire Paul Graham recently posted this article on the difference between a manager's schedule and a maker's schedule. This is really inline with my own views on this issue and really sums up a big problem we have where I work with meetings being scheduled with the makers and the impact that has. We've had tons of discussions around the cost of mental context switching, but even that's an understatement of the problem...
Great work, it's always helpful hearing echoes of these types of thoughts beyond my own everyday sphere. Who knows maybe I can use to add some weight to my arguments.
http://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
