Cal Newport on how to eliminate 80% of emails in your organisation

<p>Do you hate email? Are you sick of being a slave to your inbox? Are you like the "average" knowledge worker and check your email or chat messages every six minutes? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, I think you will love&nbsp;today's show.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Cal Newport is a Computer Science Professor at Georgetown University and also the bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and most recently, A World Without Email. And Cal has been thinking a lot about how to overcome what he calls the "hyperactive hive mind".</p><p><br></p><p>In this chat, we talk about practical strategies to dramatically reduce the amount of unscheduled communication (i.e. email) you receive, both as an individual, but also as an entire organisation.</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Cal at&nbsp;<a href="http://calnewport.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">calnewport.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Grab a copy of A World Without Email:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.calnewport.com/books/a-world-without-email/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calnewport.com/books/a-world-without-email/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen to the Deep Questions podcast:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amanthaimber.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amanthaimber.com/podcast</a>&nbsp;for full show notes from all episodes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Get in touch at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:amantha@inventium.com.au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">amantha@inventium.com.au</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at&nbsp;<a href="http://howiwork.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ht