Definition
Context switching
Moving between finance, roadmap, creation, and client work without losing presence in each. She calls it her single biggest strength.
From the episode “Why Your AI-Designed Brand Is Invisible, and the 3-Step Fix”How founders on the podcast use it
The productivity cost of toggling between unrelated tasks, customers, or projects.
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