About the Project.
Through reporting and experimentation (on self and other willing parties!), I hope to deepen understanding on the barriers and pathways to “deep work” for women.
Deep work has been defined as “the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task”.
Access to deep work or “flow” is key to realizing our potential as leaders, creators and changemakers. And yet, access to the time and space needed for deep work is not equally distributed.
While research has clearly shown that women are shouldering the lion’s share of cognitive and emotional labor at home and in the workplace, there is very little research on how this cumulative mental load impacts our ability to perform deep work.
About Me.
I’ve spent my career as a Corporate Responsibility leader, working internationally for companies such as Ann Taylor, Chevron and Kosmos Energy. I left my last corporate role in 2021 to launch my consulting practice and to dedicate more time to issues facing women in leadership.
In addition to this personal project around women and deep work, I also serve as a Senior Advisor to the University of Melbourne’s Future of Work Lab, where we are researching work-life equity and corporate practices to attract and retain women and caregivers.
This project approaches the issue of time use through an equity lens, understanding that the primary barriers to women’s advancement are not of their own making, but rather a product of structural inequality in our homes and workplaces.