The friction or waste generated by managing information state) rather than doing productive work. It is the root cause of inefficiency at both the individual and organizational levels. • At the individual level, it manifests as Context Switching Costs (the overhead of loading/unloading state within a single brain). • At the organizational level, it manifests as Coordination Costs (the overhead of synchronizing state across multiple brains).
The friction or waste generated by managing information state rather than doing productive work. It is the root cause of inefficiency at both the individual and organizational levels. • At the individual level, it manifests as Context Switching Costs (the overhead of loading/unloading state within a single brain). • At the organizational level, it manifests as Coordination Costs (the overhead of synchronizing state across multiple brains).