In his new book, “A World Without Email“, author Cal Newport pushes people to consider how administrative work affects performance. In particular, he says: Why bother hiring a hotshot if the bulk of their time is spent doing administrative work? I don’t know if “hotshot” is the right word, but I completely agree with his logic. We’ve worked hard to hire employees that are smarter than us (and they surely are!), but it’d be silly to hire talented people and then watch all of their time disappear into email and task lists.