As tasks continue to pile up in my already hectic schedule, I have little choice but to jam more and more activities into the same crowded time spans. The morning commute, a once luxurious gap in time, seems to be increasingly plugged by business calls, urgent text messages and, in some cases, even the morning shave. Though I try to keep work and hygiene off the road, in the office I frequently find myself checking email while conversing on the phone or scanning the news as I go through a business report. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that multitasking places a significant damper on productivity.
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Multitasking and the Brain: The War on Productivity
Posted by: Bill Balcezak March 8, 2011 05:00 AMAs tasks continue to pile up in my already hectic schedule, I have little choice but to jam more and more activities into the same crowded time spans. The morning commute, a once luxurious gap in time, seems to be increasingly plugged by business calls, urgent text messages and, in some cases, even the morning shave. Though I try to keep work and hygiene off the road, in the office I frequently find myself checking email while conversing on the phone or scanning the news as I go through a business report. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that multitasking places a significant damper on productivity.