Parkinson's law in real life
Short timeboxes keep you focused
In 1955, C. Northcote Parkinson published his law:
"Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion"
In other words, if something must be finished in a month, it will take a month. If the same job must be finished in three weeks, it will be three weeks.
Recently, I experienced Parkinson’s law as a participant in a workshop with several ti…
