One of the joys of parenthood is teaching your children to 1) not take large bites, and 2) not talk with their mouths full of food. That correction is so often given with a mouth full of food.
Anyway, I think the talking with a full mouth happens a lot because the bites are too large.
Kids want to participate in conversation. Shocking revelation, I know.
But with a bunch of food in their mouths, they fear missing out on the conversation by waiting until they’re done chewing. They don’t have a natural point to pivot to talking. And so, you get to see the showers of crumbs and the delightful sight of half-chewed food.
If your teams take on large batches of work, they won’t have natural pivot points to switch to unplanned work that arrives. That’ll cause frustration and a sense of being jerked around. But switching focus after completing something comes naturally.
If you have a culture of finishing work rather than a culture of starting work, you’ll have lots of those opportunities.
