Multitasking Multiple tasks that share a common processing resource genM The Multitasking Generation some definitions Blue Green Red the tantalizing promise Cognitive limitation The ID: 802023
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Slide1
The
tantalizing promise of convenience and productivity...
Slide2Multitasking:
Multiple tasks that share a common processing resourcegenM:The Multitasking Generation
some definitions
Slide3Blue
Green Red
Slide4the tantalizing promise
Cognitive limitation
The
Stroop
effect: The brain is not capable of doing two things at
once
Exception is rote physical activity
The irony of it all
Multitasking adds about 50% to the time required to complete
tasks
The higher the frequency of task switching the more
we slow down
Slide5Activity vs Productivity
Workers are interrupted, on average, every 10.5 minutes
On average, it takes 23 minutes to return to task
2.1 hours per day is lost to interruptions
Est. loss of $588 Billion /year
45% of US workers believe they are over stretched
Slide6perceptions of the multitasker
Monochrons vs
Polychrons
Both personality types described a
multitasker
as:
Impatient
Distracted
Disruptive
No statistical significance for any positive attributes
Slide7reality
Multitasking makes us neurologically stressed
75% of firms report looking for candidates that are “multitaskers
”
The young multitask as matter of
lifestyle
Technology has been deployed that ensures multitasking
Slide8updates
150 times per day!(checking our phone)
1 minute, 15 seconds
(on task before interrupted)
50% more!
(errors)
10 point reduction
(our IQ)
(same as missing a night of sleep, or smoking pot)
Slide9updates
The effects of multitasking is contagious!
our environment is polluted by multitasking
Multitasking also affects your metacognition!
it affects our ability to evaluate our own performance
Slide10in conclusion
Multitasking is wastefulPeople don’t like you when you multitask
It will make you sick!
You are contagious!
so what should we do?
Become better at it!
Slide11Why is other peoples multitasking disruptive and wasteful,
but yours is not?
about you
Slide12If you can get better at multitasking,
how do you improve?
about you
Slide13Calculate the cost of multitasking (
CoM), for you! for your team!
2.1 hours is about 26% of an 8 hour day
.26 * your fully burdened cost =
CoM
.26 * you teams
fully burdened
cost =
OCoM
about your organization
Slide14How do you reduce your and your teams
CoM by 15% or more?Be Specific!Estimate impact!
about your organization
Slide15relevancy
Information and tasks must be hyper relevantInformation must “find” the relevant receiver
Tasks must be connected directly to the goals
Actions must be prioritized and free from ambiguity
Slide16context
Design for rapid re-engagementDeploy technology that has ability to determine the users circumstances
Create space, both mental and physical, for people to think
Transform work environments so that information becomes knowledge and even wisdom
Slide17Consider how you can impact your life and your organization by becoming multitasking aware!
Slide18Antoine de Saint
ExupéryYour task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.
Slide19Thank you!
Truls K. Henriksen312.953.0102truls@henriksengroup.net