Recovering from information overload
Reviewing our working habits to fight effectively against the surrounding information frenzy.
Author(s): Derek Dean, Caroline Webb
Publisher: McKinsey Quarterly
Date of publication: 2011
Summary
How to fight against information overload and the resulting attention fragmentation? Certainly not by trying to handle everything in parallel! Contrary to the common belief, multitasking is not a time saver. In fact, it makes us waste time, makes us less creative and stresses us! The solution resides in reviewing our working habits to fight against the fragmentation of the workday, and not to be snatched by the surrounding information frenzy. Easier said than done… That’s why the authors propose strategies to succeed, such as defining the information filtering rules between team members, or planning periods of time for concentration. A short but dense article.
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