Principlev1PR-112
Make context switching costs visible through deliberate…
Make context switching costs visible through deliberate tracking before attempting to reduce them, because the tax is invisible in subjective experience and most people dramatically underestimate how frequently they switch.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Knowledge that exists only in tacit form degrades without… (tacit knowledge degrades without detection), Self-monitoring of behavior produces significant… (self-monitoring produces positive effects), and Measurement of behavior changes the behavior being measured… (measurement changes behavior). This principle establishes measurement as the prerequisite to improvement for a cost that operates below conscious awareness.