CURT STEINHORST is a speaker, business owner, entrepreneur, and founder of FocusWise. He equips professionals across the world to work smarter and stronger in this constantly-connected age. Steinhorst is a leading voice on strategic communications in the age of distraction and a certified speaker at the Center for Generational Kinetics. He is also the founder of a communications consultancy called Promentum Group.
JONATHAN MCKEE is an expert on youth culture and Millennials, and the author of over twenty books.

Foreword ix
Prologue: You Don t Have Jack xi
SECTION ONE NOBODY S WORKING 1
Chapter 1 The Curse of the Overwhelmed 3
Chapter 2 It s Not Their Fault 7
Chapter 3 Tools of Our Tools 11
SECTION TWO FINDING FOCUS 19
Chapter 4 The Science of Attention 21
Chapter 5 Focus-Wise in the Age of Distraction 33
Chapter 6 The Four Elements of Focus 41
SECTION THREE FOCUS-WISE SPACE 47
Chapter 7 In Praise of Walls 49
Chapter 8 Office Space 57
Chapter 9 The Vault 67
SECTION FOUR FOCUS-WISE TECHNOLOGY 75
Chapter 10 Relationship Status: It s Complicated 77
Chapter 11 Message Undeliverable 83
Chapter 12 Free at Last 89
Chapter 13 Best Buddy or Big Brother? 97
SECTION FIVE FOCUS-WISE COMMUNICATION 105
Chapter 14 Can You Hear Me Now? 107
Chapter 15 Digital Communication: E-mail, Messaging, and Everything in Between 113
Chapter 16 Face to Face in a Facebook World 121
SECTION SIX FOCUS-WISE WORKDAY 131
Chapter 17 The Balance Myth 133
Chapter 18 Managing the Minutiae 145
Chapter 19 Can We Get an Extension? 153
SECTION SEVEN FOCUS-WISE LEADERSHIP 159
Chapter 20 The First Filter 161
Chapter 21 Individual to Institutional 169
Chapter 22 Filling the Digital Skill Gaps 177
Chapter 23 Competing with Zuckerberg 183
Chapter 24 After All, We re Here to Work 189
Chapter 25 The Focus-Wise Leader 195
About the Authors 203
Acknowledgments 205
Notes 209
Index 223