· Place a clear warning DO NOT DISTURB, or any obvious sign that you are busy. Insist that your colleagues respect you.
· Arrange office furniture so that your desk does not look at the flow of people, so that no one can catch the eye.
· always stand up to speak to someone who is interrupting, so they know what they are doing.
· Put a big clock in view of visitors and review it while speaking.
· Stay alert: If an interruption is seen as more than 2 minutes, add it to your list of things to do and then do what he was doing.
· Keep a notebook open in front of you and write down what you are doing as soon interrupted.
· If you cut 2 cm to the front legs of a chair, that makes it uncomfortable enough for visitors to make short visits.
Sources: New Scientist and Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006.
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