"Separate your pursuit of serendipitous encounters from your efforts to think deeply." Newport explores the complex relationship between deep work and collaboration, advocating for a balanced approach. He critiques open office plans for their distraction potential but acknowledges the value of serendipitous creativity that can arise from collaborative environments. Newport suggests a "hub-and-spoke" model, where individuals have private spaces for deep work and common areas for collaboration, facilitating both deep individual work and collaborative breakthroughs.