posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:35 AM
by
paul
Fractured Attention
Lost in E-Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast In the United States, more than $650 billion a year in productivity is lost because of unnecessary interruptions, predominately mundane matters...It took a consultant firm six months to come to that conclusion and I'll bet their billing invoice was eighteen pages long.
If they had contacted me and I would have told them of my experiences communicating with corporations. Meetings about meetings, emails about phone calls, efficiency tools and methodologies that nobody can figure out, it's no wonder burnout is so prevalent.
I don't carry a cell phone and never have, when they ring
they demand attention,
my precious attention. I avoid IM for the same reason, that
intrusive urgency. Email is there when I'm ready to read it and respond.
RSS enables us to view many blogs quickly and Twitter has taught me more about the people who publish feeds.
I eat well and exercise because the best way to work better and be more creative is to feel good.